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Q: What happens when the external urethral sphincter is voluntarily relaxed at the same time that the pelvic splanchnic nerves are active?
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The voluntarily controlled sphincter fashioned by skeletal muscle at the point where the urethra passes through the pelvic floor is called the?

External Urethral Sphincter


Where is the external urethral sphincter located?

Where is the location of the external urethral sphicter in the human male


Is the external urethral sphincter under voluntary control?

yes


What voluntary muscle delays urination?

external urethral sphincter


How does the muscle of the internal anal sphincter differ from that of the external anal sphincter?

The internal urethral sphincter an involuntary sphincter that keeps the urethra closed when urine is not being used. The external urethral sphincter is fashioned by skeletal muscles as the urethra passes thorugh the pelvic floor.This sphincter is voluntary controlled.


Is the Sphincter a voluntary muscle?

The anal sphincter and the bladder sphincter in potty trained children and in most other people whose spinal cords are intact or are not suffering from some diseases.


The internal urethral sphincter is composed of skeletal muscle whereas the external urethral sphincter the lower sphincter is composed of smooth muscle and thus is under involuntary control?

it is the opposite. The internal sphincter is composed of smooth muscles while the external one is composed of skeletal muscles


What happens for micturition to occur?

1) The detrusor muscle must contract 2) The internal urethral sphincter must open 3)The external urethral sphincter must open


What five muscles of the pelvic outlet do males and females have in common?

bulbospongiosus, external urethral sphincter, extrernal anal sphincter, Gluteus maximus, iliococcygeus


What is the muscle that controls the urethra?

The muscle called the urethral sphincter muscle is what constricts in the urethra. The urethral orifice is what is actually constricted by the urethral sphincter.


Dorsal muscle of the head and trunk?

Dorsal muscles of the head and trunk include the serratus posterior, the serratus posterior superior, the splenius capitis, the spinalis, the latissimus dorsi, the multifidus, and the sphincter ani internus. They also include the transversus perinea profundus, the urethral sphincter, the external urethral sphincter, and the urethrovaginal muscles.


Which nerve supplies the pelvic floor?

The pudendal nerve (part of the somatic nervous system, voluntary control) innervates the pelvic floor. It also innervates the external urethral sphincter; the internal urethral sphincter is innervated by the pelvic nerve (part of the parasympathetic nervous system, involuntary control).