title: Female urethra is actively opened out by an external striated muscle mechanism during micturition, exponentially reducing intraurethral resistance to flow.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. pp@kvinno.com.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petros
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology*