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Chapter 11, Problem 3TC
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The problem experienced if the bladder’s sphincter muscles are damaged during the surgery of a man who has prostate cancer and have his prostate gland removed.

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Prostate gland is the part of the male reproductive tract surrounded with urethra at a point where urethra exits the urinary bladder. The function of this gland is to produce and add into the fluid of semen, as it passes along the urethra. The enlargement of this gland begins at the age of 50 and it squeezes the urethra causing urine to back up.

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