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  2. External sphincter muscle of male urethra - Wikipedia

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    The muscle helps maintain continence of urine along with the internal urethral sphincter which is under control of the autonomic nervous system.The external sphincter muscle prevents urine leakage as the muscle is tonically contracted via somatic fibers that originate in Onuf's nucleus and pass through sacral spinal nerves S2-S4 then the pudendal nerve to synapse on the muscle.

  3. Urethral sphincters - Wikipedia

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    The female or male external sphincter muscle of urethra (sphincter urethrae): located in the deep perineal pouch, at the bladder's distal inferior end in females, and inferior to the prostate (at the level of the membranous urethra) in males. It is a secondary sphincter to control the flow of urine through the urethra. Unlike the internal ...

  4. External sphincter muscle of urethra - Wikipedia

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    external sphincter muscle of male urethra; external sphincter muscle of female urethra This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 11:22 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. Deep perineal pouch - Wikipedia

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    muscles Deep transverse perineal muscles; External sphincter muscle of male urethra; External sphincter muscle of female urethra; Compressor urethrae muscle in the female is sometimes included [3] Urethrovaginal sphincter in the female is sometimes included [3] other Membranous urethra in the male; proximal portion of urethra in the female

  6. Rhabdosphincter - Wikipedia

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    A rhabdosphincter (from Greek rhabdos meaning "rod") is a sphincter consisting of striated muscle fibres. [1] The muscle is a part of the external urethral sphincter that continues superiorly as a trough-like extension running vertically across the anterior aspect of the prostate to reach the neck of the bladder. [2] [3]

  7. External sphincter muscle - Wikipedia

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    External sphincter muscle of female urethra; External sphincter muscle of male urethra This page was last edited on 11 February 2016, at 15:15 (UTC). Text is ...

  8. Urethra - Wikipedia

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    The external urethral sphincter is a striated muscle that allows voluntary control over urination. [5] The internal sphincter, formed by the involuntary smooth muscles lining the bladder neck and urethra, receives its nerve supply by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. [6] The internal sphincter is present both in males ...

  9. Pudendal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The pudendal nerve is the main nerve of the perineum. [1]: 274 It is a mixed (motor and sensory) nerve and also conveys sympathetic autonomic fibers.It carries sensation from the external genitalia of both sexes and the skin around the anus and perineum, as well as the motor supply to various pelvic muscles, including the male or female external urethral sphincter and the external anal sphincter.