intravesical pressure

intravesical pressure
the pressure exerted on the contents of the urinary bladder, being the sum of the intra-abdominal pressure from outside the bladder and the detrusor pressure exerted by the bladder wall musculature itself. Called also bladder p. and vesical p.

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