The cystometrogram shows

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2022-08-11

The cystometrogram shows.

A plot of bladder pressure on the ordinate axis against bladder volume on the abscissa.
Little rise in pressure with rise in volume at low bladder volumes.
A steep rise in pressure when volume rises above 100 m1.
That females generate higher pressures during micturition than males.
That patients with chronic urinary tract obstruction can generate higher than normal micturition pressures.

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A. True Bladder pressure is measured while known volumes of fluid are run into it.

B. True An example of receptive relaxation like that seen in the stomach.

C. False The deflection usually occurs when around 500 ml is introduced.

D. False The male urinary tract offers a higher ‘peripheral resistance’.

E. True The increased work load causes muscular hypertrophy which allows generation of higher micturition pressures.

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