title: Rigidity of the resting female urethra. Part I. Static measurements.
abstract: A new probe was used to examine 16 female volunteers. The probe makes possible recording of related values of induced increasing and decreasing urethral pressures, and cross-sectional area in the resting female urethra. From diagrams showing these relationships urethral rigidity, defined as the change in urethral pressure divided by the change in cross-sectional area, and urethral hysteresis can be calculated. The study demonstrates the quantities and the significance of urethral rigidity and hysteresis during pressure measurements in the urethra.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004548:Elasticity; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors; D014521:Urethra / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*