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Male Internal Urethral Sphincter (Posterior Part)
Urogenital System

Male Internal Urethral Sphincter (Posterior Part)

Sphincter internus urethrae masculinae

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Structure/Morphology

The male internal urethral sphincter is a circular sphincter muscle consisting entirely of smooth muscle.

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Key Features/Anatomical Relations

The internal urethral sphincter represents the junction between the urinary bladder (superiorly) and the urethra (inferiorly).

Function

This sphincter is under involuntary control and is tonically contracted due to sympathetic innervation from the lumbar plexus. During urination, the pelvic splanchnic nerves (parasympathetic) cause the internal urethral sphincter to relax allowing urine to pass from the bladder to the urethra.

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Detrusor-urethral dyssynergia refers to involuntary contraction of the external urethral sphincter in the postprostatic urethra (detrusor-striated muscle sphincter dyssynergia) or contraction of smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostatic urethra (detrusor-smooth muscle sphincter dyssynergia) during detrusor contraction.

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