Yeah, I see what you mean--I was repeating what someone on the list told me a year or so ago, and was speaking of the sphincters, Of course there are other muscles that push in the case of bladder and bowel. And of course, my own damage is at the sacral level, so I am a mess, and am still trying to understand it all. Thanks for the help and for the websites! Anything you may have to say in further clarification of the anatomy and function would be welcome. Cora
> > same muscles control both > > Mnnn. No, not really. Control for each comes from the brain and the > sacral spinal cord. The muscles are quite separate. Even f the > bladder, for example, the detrusor muscles [the push the urine out > muscles] are separate from the bladder sphincter muscles that won't > let it out. My personal problem is that both sets of muscles > spastically contract at the same time - the bladder tries to empty so > badly it hurts while the sphincter blocks all but a teaspoon > [detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia]. Because of this I wear a Foley. > > A Google search for neurogenic bladder yields > http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic3176.htm read it. > > A Google search for nerves autonomic "bowel > incontinence" yields > http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic230.htm read it. > > Alton, who has little trouble with his tail > > > >
