Ultrasonography

Imaging deep structures of the body

Ultrasound

Medical process, which takes images or pictures using special sound waves, that are used to examine organs inside the body without the need to make cuts or incisions

Undescended testicle

Failure of the testis to descend from the groin or abdomen, where they develop during gestation, into the scrotum

Urethra

The tube that leads urine from the bladder out of the body via the penis. In men, secretions from accessory glands also empty into the urethra

Urethritis

Inflammation of the urethra

Urinary tract

All organs and ducts involved in the secretion and discharge of urine from the body

Urologist

A doctor who specialises in diseases of the urinary tract in men and women, and the genital organs in men

Uterus

The part of a woman in which a baby develops before birth

Vagina

The lower part of the female reproductive tract that connects the cervix to the outside

Vardenafil

See Levitra®. Brand of oral PDE5 inhibitor which treats erectile dysfunction by promoting the body's natural response to sexual stimulation

Varicocele

A collection of enlarged (dilated) veins in the spermatic cord

Vascular

Conditions involving blood vessels

Vas deferens

Duct that transports sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct

Vasectomy

Male sterilisation procedure in which the vas deferens is cut

Venous

Relating to a vein (blood vessel in the body)

Viagra®

Brand of oral PDE5 inhibitor which treats erectile dysfunction by promoting the body's natural response to sexual stimulation

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Yolk sac

Part of the embryo during development which may rarely lead to cancerous growth in the gonads, sacrum and in the chest cavity

Zygote

A cell produced by the union of a sperm and egg