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Meaning of "urethral sphincter"

urethral sphincter - This is a circular muscle that helps control the flow of urine from the bladder through the urethra. It tightens to hold urine in and relaxes to let it out
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  • The collective muscles used to control the flow of urine from the urinary bladder. These muscles surround the urethra, so that when they contract, the urethra is closed.

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The action of external urethral sphincter is voluntary.
Voiding urine begins with voluntary relaxation of the external urethral sphincter.
The external urethral sphincter is voluntary.
They all are defined in this invention as detrusor urethral sphincter dyssynergia.
The internal urethral sphincter is involuntary and the external sphincter is voluntary.
They have all been defined as detrusor urethral sphincter dyssynergia.
In urethral sphincter dysfunction an increased intraluminal bladder pressure is needed to empty the bladder.
A particularly important class of such symptoms is detrusor urethral sphincter dyssynergia.
Electromyography of the striated urethral sphincter may be useful to assess neurogenic voiding dysfunction.
This suggests a failure in the opening mechanisms of the striated urethral sphincter.
Urinary incontinence due to incompetence of the urethral sphincter specifically affects sterilized bitches.
The external urethral sphincter and levator ani muscles serve as backup continence mechanisms.
The bulbourethral glands are two small glands located within the external urethral sphincter.
Dyssynergia between the detrusor and the urethral sphincter is a significant finding in prostatodynia patients.
Meanwhile the cortex inhibits the sympathetic system and relaxation of the internal urethral sphincter occurs.

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The internal urethral sphincter is a urethral sphincter muscle which constricts the internal urethral orifice.
The main functional cause of LUTS is urethral sphincter dysfunction.
The internal urethral sphincter automatically and involuntarily opens, and the urine is released.
SIS suspension has been used to augment the urethral sphincter in three separate pigs.
Whooshing downwards, the fluid enters the urethra and stops short at the external urethral sphincter.
The animal model for the detrusor urethral sphincter dyssynergia is constructed in the following way.
The DIN has two targets, the ischiocavernosus, and the striated urethral sphincter.
Colposuspension, performed for urethral sphincter incontinence associated with a cystourethrocele.
FIGURES 2A and 2B illustrates typical injection sites for the treatment of urethral sphincter deficiency.
The external urethral sphincter is made of skeletal muscle ( voluntary control ).
Simultaneously, the internal urethral sphincter opens.
A, artificial urethral sphincter ( the arrow shows the balloon that surrounds the urethra ).
Somatic ( conscious ) innervation of the external urethral sphincter is supplied by the pudendal nerve.
At about 500 ml, detrusor muscle contractions begin to force open the internal urethral sphincter.
Human MDCs were present in the nude rat urethral sphincter 4 weeks after injection.
Intermediate ( membranous ) part, Surrounded by another sphincter called the external urethral sphincter.
During prostatectomy surgery, the internal urethral sphincter is removed along with the prostate.
The larger diameter fibers connect between the spinal cord 14 and the urethral sphincter 12.
Let us further assume that the urethral sphincter muscle 16 opens at a pressure level of 10mmHg.
Thus, the injection of periurethral MDC repaired the damaged urethral sphincter in rats with ISD.
The urethral sphincter consists of a voluntary ( striated ) sphincter ( rhabdosphincter ) and an involuntary ( smooth ) sphincter.
Again, the bladder contracting muscles and the urethral sphincter are operating at cross purposes.
He was treated with one 200 IU injection of botulinum toxin into the external urethral sphincter.
Figure 2B is a light micrograph of a proximal urethral sphincter in a rat treated with human MDCs.
Compound having detrusor muscle-contracting activity and urethral sphincter muscle-relaxing activity.
Figure 2A is a light micrograph of a proximal urethral sphincter in a control rat.
The AP 's of the detrusor and striated urethral sphincter are simultaneous.
B, urethral endoscopy with deflated artificial urethral sphincter ( the arrow shows the distended urethra ).
Sphincters are probably mainly innervated by S4, although the urethral sphincter has significant contributions from S3.

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