| GO term: | micturition |
| Synonym: | urination |
| Synonym: | urine voiding |
| GO id: | GO:0060073 |
| Definition: | The regulation of body fluids process in which parasympathetic nerves stimulate the bladder wall muscle to contract and expel urine from the body. |
| Number of paths to term: | 4 |
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biological_processmulticellular organismal processsingle-multicellular organism processsystem processexcretiondefecation +micturition [GO:0060073] (10 genes, 16 annotations)smooth muscle contraction involved in micturitionsmooth muscle relaxation of the bladder outletsynaptic transmission involved in micturitionregulation of excretion +renal phosphate excretionrenal potassium excretionrenal sodium excretion +biological_processmulticellular organismal processsingle-multicellular organism processsystem processrenal system processmicturition [GO:0060073] (10 genes, 16 annotations)smooth muscle contraction involved in micturitionsmooth muscle relaxation of the bladder outletsynaptic transmission involved in micturitionregulation of urine volume +renal absorption +renal filtration +renal phosphate excretionrenal potassium excretionrenal rubidium ion transport +renal sodium excretion +renal sodium ion transport +renal system process involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure +renal tubular secretionrenal water homeostasis +renal water transport +biological_processsingle-organism processsingle-multicellular organism processsystem processexcretiondefecation +micturition [GO:0060073] (10 genes, 16 annotations)smooth muscle contraction involved in micturitionsmooth muscle relaxation of the bladder outletsynaptic transmission involved in micturitionregulation of excretion +renal phosphate excretionrenal potassium excretionrenal sodium excretion +biological_processsingle-organism processsingle-multicellular organism processsystem processrenal system processmicturition [GO:0060073] (10 genes, 16 annotations)smooth muscle contraction involved in micturitionsmooth muscle relaxation of the bladder outletsynaptic transmission involved in micturitionregulation of urine volume +renal absorption +renal filtration +renal phosphate excretionrenal potassium excretionrenal rubidium ion transport +renal sodium excretion +renal sodium ion transport +renal system process involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure +renal tubular secretionrenal water homeostasis +renal water transport +Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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