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female urethral sphincter muscle ♀

Identification
Official Latin term musculus sphincter urethrovaginalis ♀
Official term urethrovaginal sphincter muscle ♀
Unit identifier TAH:U3265
Unit type
Materiality
Navigation
Link to the unit ERR musculus sphincter internus
Links of entity generic: female urethral sphincter muscle ♀
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: female external genitalia ♀ Short Extended
Level 3: female urethra ♀ Short Extended
Level 4: layers of female urethra ♀
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Notes
The female urethra is surrounded by a longitudinal smooth muscle fibre layer and a circular, striated muscle layer, which forms the female urethral sphincter muscle (Oelrich 1983 Anat Rec 205:223-232; Gosling 1985 Urol Clin North Am 12:207-214).
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U16330
female human body ♀ SOS
TAH:U3142
female genital system ♀ SOS
TAH:U3232
female external genitalia ♀ TOS
TAH:U3139
female urethra ♀ SOT
TAH:U16370
layers of female urethra ♀ TOS
TAH:U3263
muscular layer of female urethra ♀ SOT
TAH:U3264
circular layer ♀ SOS
TAH:U3265 female urethral sphincter muscle ♀ inv
Taxonomy
TAH:G3265 female urethral sphincter muscle ♀
Date: 20.06.2025