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Preferred Name

Urethral Sphincter
Synonyms

Urethral Sphincter

URETHRAL SPHINCTER

Definitions

One or both of the muscles that surround the urethra and contract to control the flow of urine, either involuntarily (the internal sphincter) or voluntarily (the external sphincter).

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128573

ALT_DEFINITION

One or both of the muscles that surround the urethra and contract to control the flow of urine, either involuntarily (the internal sphincter) or voluntarily (the external sphincter).

code

C128573

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

One or both of the muscles that surround the urethra and contract to control the flow of urine, either involuntarily (the internal sphincter) or voluntarily (the external sphincter).

FULL_SYN

Urethral Sphincter

URETHRAL SPHINCTER

label

Urethral Sphincter

Preferred_Name

Urethral Sphincter

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C128573

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0457053

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28381

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13035

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