urethrovesical angle

urethrovesical angle
an angle formed by junction of the bladder wall and the urethra; analysis of such angles was formerly considered to be a way of gauging the risk for stress incontinence. Called also vesicourethral a.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal …   Medical dictionary

  • vesicourethral angle — urethrovesical a …   Medical dictionary

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