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The function of the lower urinary tract is to store urine at low intravesical pressure, and then to periodically expel the urine via a highly coordinated sustained contraction. To a large extent, urinary bladder function is dependent on the state of the neuronal innervation, the structure of the organ as a whole and the contractile response of smooth muscle elements1,2.
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Koo, H.P., Macarak, E.J., Duckett, J.W., Snyder, H.M., Wein, A.J., Levin, R.M. (1995). Fetal Bovine Bladder: Physiology and Pharmacology. In: Zderic, S.A. (eds) Muscle, Matrix, and Bladder Function. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 385. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1585-6_31
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