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Despite the efforts of many scientists to achieve uniformity in anatomical terms (Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology), clinical practice in particular uses a variety of different terms for the anatomical structures of the lower urinary tract, often causing more confusion rather than contributing to the exact definition of each structure. Therefore, all the muscles of the lower urinary tract described in the foregoing chapters are listed again in accordance with the Terminologia Anatomica (1998). The muscles newly defined by the authors have been added. Muscles for which no morphological substrate has been found bear the symbol ∅ (Table 1). Finally, some terms frequently used in clinical practice are explained which according to the authors should no longer be used.
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Dorschner, W., Stolzenburg, JU., Neuhaus, J. (2001). Terminologia Anatomica of the Lower Urinary Tract. In: Structure and Function of the Bladder Neck. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56879-4_14
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