urethral folds

urethral folds
urogenital folds a pair of folds derived from the cloacal folds; in male embryos they close over the urethral plate and fuse to form the spongy urethra and ventral aspect of the penis, and in female embryos they fuse only anterior to the anus and form the labia minora.

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