Pelvic floor muscles and sphincters during erection and ejaculation

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Shafik, A ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; External anal sphincter; External urethral sphincter; Levator ani; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 79961144264     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987904     Document Type: Article

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