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How many fossa does the bitch urethra have?

2
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Name the three parts of the male urethra?

  • Pre-prostatic - bladder neck to seminal hillock
  • Prostatic portion - openings of deferant, vesicular and prostatic ducts
  • Penile portion - ischial arch to penile tip
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What type of fibres innervate the external urethral sphincter and what nerve are they carried in?

Somatic motor fibres of the pudendal nerve
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What is the function of the external urethral sphincter?

Provide concious urinary continence by contracting and retaining urine
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Which blood vessel supplys the urethra?

Urethral Artery
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