Inflatable artificial sphincter - series

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Normal anatomy

Urinary continence is maintained by a muscular sphincter that surrounds the urethra as it exits the bladder.

Update Date: 6/17/2010

Updated by: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Urinary Incontinence

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