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micturition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | urination |
| Type of | excretion, evacuation, excreting, voiding, elimination |
| Has types | nycturia, oliguria, passing water, pee, peeing, piss, pissing, wetting, leak, lithuresis, making water, nocturia |
| Derivation | micturate |
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The micturition reflex normally produces a series of contractions of the urinary bladder.
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The muscles controlling micturition are controlled by the autonomic and somatic nervous systems.
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The bladder is known to release ATP that activates micturition reflex pathway during urine storage.
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There is an inhibitory area for micturition in the midbrain.
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It has been suggested that these symptoms are caused by excessive sensory activation of the neural micturition circuit.
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Physiologically, micturition involves coordination between the central, autonomic and somatic nervous systems.
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Brain centers that regulate urination include the pontine micturition center, periaqueductal gray, and the cerebral cortex.
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During micturition, parasympathetic stimulation causes the detrusor muscle to contract and the internal urethral sphincter to relax.
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The pontine micturition center also causes inhibition of Onuf's nucleus, resulting in relaxation of the external urinary sphincter.
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- The discharge of urine
- Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, and more rarely, emiction, is the process of disposing of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. In healthy humans the process of urination is under voluntary control. ...
- Latin micturare = to desire to pass urine.
- Emptying the bladder; another name for urination or voiding.
- Urination, the act of urinating. The word "micturition" comes from the Latin "micturire" which has a slightly different meaning, namely "to want to urinate."
- The act of urinating (voiding, or passing urine).
- The passing of urine from the bladder
