Sui is a common problem affecting women which is caused by a weakness of the pelvic floor muscles which help keep the bladder closed the urethra the tube through which urine is passed or the ligaments that support the urethra.
Does urethra go through pelvic floor.
The pelvic floor plays a number of vital roles in women s everyday health and wellbeing.
The bladder muscle should be relaxed and the muscles around the urethra the tube that urine passes through called the pelvic floor muscles should be tight.
The muscles of the pelvic floor normally wrap firmly around these passages.
There are three layers of the female urethra muscular erectile and mucous.
The urethra vagina and anus.
This is a muscular structure in the urethra.
We ll go over the symptoms and causes of this condition.
Urethral prolapse also called urethrocele happens when the urethra pushes into the vaginal canal or sticks out of the urethral opening.
Before reaching the urethral opening urine passes through the urethral sphincter.
This leads to leaking urine with coughing sneezing exertion laughing and other activities which raise the.
What does the pelvic floor do.
It opens onto the perineum after passing through the sphincter muscle.
The pelvic floor has holes for passages to pass through.
It starts at the bladder and runs through the pelvic floor.
In women there are three passages.