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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Internal urethral sphincter / Sphincter urethrae : easy and brief description



Sphincter vesicae  
·         The internal sphincter muscle of urethra: located at the bladder's inferior end and the urethra's proximal end at the junction of the urethra with the urinary bladder. The internal sphincter is a continuation of the detrusor muscle and is made of smooth muscle, therefore it is under involuntary or autonomic control. This is the primary muscle for prohibiting the release of urine.


In males and females, both internal and external urethral sphincters function to inhibit the release of urine. In males, the internal sphincter muscle of urethra functions to prevent reflux of seminal fluids into the male bladder during ejaculation.
Histology of sphincter urethrae:
All part of musculature of urinary bladder is composed of outer and inner longitudinal and middle circularly arranged smooth muscle cell . in the bladder neck the outer longitudinal layer merge with circular layer and it become thick and formed sphincter urethrae
Function
The internal urethral sphincter provides involuntary control of urination.
The muscular coat of the urinary bladder is composed of inner longitudinal, middle circular,and outer longitudinal layers of smooth muscle that are frequently interlaced and are indistinguishable as distinct layers. The internal sphincter muscle of the urethra is formed by the thick, middle circular layer

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