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Is the micturition reflex center is located in the pons?
No, the micturition reflex center is located in the sacral region of the spinal cord, specifically at the level of the S2 to S4 segments. This center regulates the process of urination, including the contraction of the bladder and relaxation of the internal urethral sphincter.
What is another name for micturition reflex?
Urination erection?
What triggers the micturition reflex in the walls of the bladder?
stretch receptors
What does the micturition reflex feel like?
The micturition reflex is the body's automatic response to the feeling of a full bladder and typically manifests as the urge to urinate. This sensation can vary in intensity from mild discomfort to strong urgency depending on the individual and the level of bladder fullness.
What does the parasympathetic nervous system stimulate in the micturition reflex?
The parasympathetic nervous system allows the act of micturition. The sympathetic nervous system inhibits it.
Is the micturition reflex an autonomic spinal reflex?
Yes, the micturition reflex is an autonomic spinal reflex. It involves both the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system, coordinating the contraction of the bladder's detrusor muscle and relaxation of the external urethral sphincter. This reflex is initiated when the bladder fills with urine, sending signals through stretch receptors to the spinal cord, leading to the urge to urinate. While it can be influenced by higher brain centers, the basic reflex arc operates at the spinal level.
What serves as the effector for micturition reflex arc?
An efferent somatic (pudendal nerve) output to the external sphincter which relaxes the external sphincter and causes the urine to flow through the urethra is the effector part of the reflex arc.
What is a reflex center and what does it do?
medulla oblongata
Urination is also known as voiding or?
micturition or micturate
Is micturition to empty the bladder?
Yes, micturition is another word for urination.
Where are sensory stretch receptors of the withdrawal reflex located?
they are located in the limbs, because the limbs are the effectors of the withdrawal reflex.
What Acts as a reflex center of the body?
the spinal cord
