National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Male External Urethral Sphincter

Synonyms

Male External Urethral Sphincter

US

Definitions

The muscle that surrounds the membranous urethra, functioning to control the voluntary flow of urine.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128612

code

C128612

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128613

Contributing_Source

PI-RADS

DEFINITION

The muscle that surrounds the membranous urethra, functioning to control the voluntary flow of urine.

FULL_SYN

Male External Urethral Sphincter

US

label

Male External Urethral Sphincter

Preferred_Name

Male External Urethral Sphincter

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C128612

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0815353

subClassOf

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

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