Hypothesis That Urethral Bulb (Corpus Spongiosum) Plays an Active Role in Male Urinary Continence

Figure 8

Indentation of the proximal corpus spongiosum by sling, distal and dorsal to the sphincteric urethra. Note longer zone of urethral coaptation marked in blue. Note the “cushion” of healthy spongeous tissue between the sling and the distal sphincteric urethra (yellow ellipse). Image, ^©Peter Rehder [15, 16].