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  2. Internal urethral sphincter - Wikipedia

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    The internal urethral sphincter is a urethral sphincter muscle which constricts the internal urethral orifice.It is located at the junction of the urethra with the urinary bladder and is continuous with the detrusor muscle, [1] [2] but anatomically and functionally fully independent from it. [3]

  3. Urethral sphincters - Wikipedia

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    The urethral sphincters are two muscles used to control the exit of urine in the urinary bladder through the urethra. The two muscles are either the male or female external urethral sphincter and the internal urethral sphincter. When either of these muscles contracts, the urethra is sealed shut.

  4. Internal urethral orifice - Wikipedia

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    The internal urethral orifice is the opening of the urinary bladder ... Internal sphincter muscle of urethra; ... Anatomy photo:44:06-0106 at the SUNY Downstate ...

  5. Why You Can’t Pee With an Erection, According to Urologists

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    It all has to do with anatomy and the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, ... and the internal sphincter, which is located at the opening between the bladder and urethra, ...

  6. Bladder - Wikipedia

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    The neck of the bladder is the area at the base of the trigone that surrounds the internal urethral orifice that leads to the urethra. [5] In males, the neck of the urinary bladder is next to the prostate gland. The bladder has three openings. The two ureters enter the bladder at ureteric orifices, and the urethra enters at the trigone of the ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Detrusor muscle - Wikipedia

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    The detrusor muscle, also detrusor urinae muscle, muscularis propria of the urinary bladder and (less precise) muscularis propria, is smooth muscle found in the wall of the bladder. The detrusor muscle remains relaxed to allow the bladder to store urine , and contracts during urination to release urine.

  9. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.