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Detrusor Muscle

Contracting muscle in the bladder that helps to expel urine

Dialysis

Diapause

In general, this refers to any programmed period of suspended development in invertebrates.

Distal Urethra: Men - Location of urethral opening between the middle or the penile shaft and the head of the glans in men Distal Urethra: Women

the part of the urethral opening further from the bladder, closer to the opening in the vagina

Distal Ureter

Location of the ureter closest to the bladder opening. Ureters are the long, thin tubes that connect the kidney (renal pelvis) to the bladder; proximal ureter-Location of the ureter closest to where it connects to the kidney (renal pelvis) .

dx

Diagnosis

Dysuria

Painful or difficult urination, most frequently caused by infection or inflammation but it can also be caused by certain drugs.
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