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What is a detrusor?

What is a detrusor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The smooth muscle that lines the bladder and is used to expel urine
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A detrusor myectomy involves cutting the muscle to reduce the pressure in the bladder.
Urge incontinence due to refractory detrusor instability is treated with augmentation cystoplasty or bladder denervation procedures.
The generator powers a lead that typically is placed through the sacral foramen to stimulate the S3 sacral nerve to decrease detrusor muscle contractions.
The detrusor urinae muscle is a network of longitudinal fibers that form the external layer of the muscular coat of the bladder.
During normal voiding the detrusor muscle contracts and the muscles of the urethral sphincter and pelvic floor relax in a co-ordinated fashion to allow the bladder to empty.
Effects of potassium channel modulators on myogenic spontaneous phasic contractile activity in human detrusor from neurogenic patients.

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