Origins and courses of the nervous branches to the male urethral sphincter

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 387-392

  Akita, K ^a   Sakamoto, H ^a   Sato, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Male urethra; Nerve to levator ani; Pelvic plexus; Pelvic splanchnic nerve; Rhabdosphincter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; URETHRA PRESSURE;

HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; PROSTATE; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; URETHRA;

EID: 0348134470     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0151-9     Document Type: Article

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