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Model of urethra under uniform circumferential tension

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The urethra as seen on X-ray films may show alternate regions of constriction and distension. That these regions do not necessarily correspond to high and low tensions in the circumferential muscle sheath is shown by calculated stable configurations under uniform tension.

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  • Stibitz, George R. 1965. “A Mathematical Model of the Urethra”.Bull. Math. Biophysics,27, 407–415.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

    George R. Stibitz

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Stibitz, G.R. Model of urethra under uniform circumferential tension. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 29, 175–179 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476969

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