musculus compressor urethrae

musculus compressor urethrae
[TA] compressor muscle of urethra (occurs only in females): origin, ischiopubic ramus on each side; insertion, blends with its partner on the other side anterior to the urethra below the external urethral sphincter; innervation, perineal branches of pudendal; action, accessory urethral sphincter.

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