ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The act of urination is known as
A
voiding
B
micturition
C
defecating
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Urination or micturition removes metabolic products and toxic wastes filtered from the kidneys and is a vital function of the human body. The micturition reflex requires a complex network of signals between the nervous system and the urinary tract system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Micturition, or urination, is the act of emptying the bladder. When the bladder is full of urine, stretch receptors in the bladder wall trigger the micturition reflex.

Detailed explanation-3: -uri·na·tion ˌyu̇r-ə-ˈnā-shən. : the act of urinating. called also micturition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Micturition is the process of eliminating water and electrolytes from the urinary system, commonly known as urinating. It has two discrete phases: the storage/continence phase, when urine is stored in the bladder; and the voiding phase, where urine is released through the urethra.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pressure flow studies performed on these seven patients revealed two types of micturition; “fast bladder” and “intermittent flow", the latter resembling detrusor sphincter dyssynergia.

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