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Micturation is the discharge of urine from the bladder via the urethra. A autonomic spinal cord reflex. Facilitated & inhibited by higher centers. Afferent & efferent through pelvic nerves. External sphincter is under voluntary control
Reflex and Voluntary Control of Micturition Bladder filling reflexively contracts the bladder Internal Sphincter mechanically opens Stretch receptors in bladder send inhibitory impulses to external sphincter Voluntary signals from cortex can override the reflex or allow it to take place
Disorders of micturition
the type due to interruption of the afferent nerves from the bladder- tabes dorsalis the type due to interruption of both afferent and efferent nerves; the type due to interruption of facilitatory and inhibitory pathways descending from the brain.
It becomes overfilled, and urine dribbles through the sphincters (overflow incontinence)
Abnormalities of Micturition
Atonic Bladder Caused by Destruction of Sensory Nerve Fibers. --- overflow incontinence Automatic Bladder Caused by Spinal Cord Damage Above the Sacral Region. Uninhibited Neurogenic Bladder Caused by Lack of Inhibitory Signals from the Brain.
The cystometrogram
Phase-1-progressive rise Phase-2-sustained rise
Micturition reflex
Full bladder stimulate stretch receptors sensory signals through pelvic nerve to spinal cord efferent fibers from S2 S3 S4 sacral segment of spinal cord through parasympathetic nerve it causes contraction of detrusor muscles of bladder
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Micturition
Micturition is the process by which the urinary bladder empties when it becomes filled. It involves two steps 1. The bladder fills progressively until the tension in its walls rises above a threshold level 2. Second step is a nervous reflex the micturition reflex
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cystometogram
Shows the approximate changes in intra vesicular pressure as the bladder fills with urine Pressure peaks are called micturition waves in the cystometogram caused by the micturition reflex
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Posterior urethra
Internal sphincter
External sphincter voluntary skeletal muscle under voluntary control
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