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What are the basic processes of micturition?

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→ Made in the kidneys
→ Urine stored in bladder
→ Urine released from bladder

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Where does the urine pass from and to?

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→ From collecting duct of renal tubules into renal pelvis

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What aids the movement of the urine into the ureter?

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→ Contraction of the smooth muscle of the pelvis

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What pressure do the ureters squeeze urine to?

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→ 10-20 mmHg

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How do the ureters open into the bladder and why?

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→obliquely

→ Prevents reflux of urine back into ureters by passive flap-wave

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What type of peristalsis is the ureter under?

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→ Myogenic in origin and not under CNS control

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What do kidney stones form from?

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→ Crystals that separate from urine within urinary tract

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What does urine contain to prevent kidney stones?

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→ citrate

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What do kidney stones usually contain?

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→ Calcium

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Why are kidney stones more common in men?

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→ Due to testosterone

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What are kidney stones caused by?

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→ Poor urine output
→ Obstruction
→ Altered urinary pH
→ Low concentration of inhibitors
→ Infection
→ Dietary intake of stone forming substances
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Where can kidney stones form?

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→ In the kidney
→ Ureter
→ Bladder

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What are symptoms of kidney stones?

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→ Dysuria
→ Haematuria
→ Pain
→ Reduced urine flow
→ Urinary tract obstruction - pressure reaches 50 mmHg
→ If stone is at tip of urethra- pain inhibits micturition

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How much urine can the bladder hold without pressure?

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→ 400ml without much pressure

→ Due to the spherical structure

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What can the transitional epithelium do?

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→ stretches without damage

→ has ridges that flatten out as the bladder fills

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What allows separation of urine and blood in the bladder?

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→ Impermeable to salts and water

→ No exchange between urine and capillaries of bladder wall

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What is the muscle coat around the epithelium called and made from?

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→ detrusor muscle

→ made from bundles of smooth muscle interlacing

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What does the trigone region contain?

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→ Opening of ureter

→ neck of urethra

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What are the sphincters in the bladder?

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→ Internal - extension of detrusor - NOT VOLUNTARY

→ External - 2 striated muscles

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What is the external sphincter composed of?

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→ 2 striated muscles
→ (compressor urethrae and bulbocavernosus surrounding urethra)
→ Responsible for continence - conscious, voluntary control

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What is the internal sphincter formed from?

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→ Loop of muscle that is an extension of the detrusor

→ When detrusor contracts the fibers forming the loop shorten and open the sphincter

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What is the arrangement of the female bladder?

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→ Short urethra - only carries urine

→ External sphincter poorly developed - prone to incontinence after childbirth

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What is the arrangement of the male bladder?

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→ Urethra carries urine and semen

→ urine elimination is aided by the contraction of bulbocavernosus muscle

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What is the lining of the bladder?

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→ transitional epithelium

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What is the bladder muscle?
→ Detrusor
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What is the bladder permeable and impermeable to?
→ Impermeable to salt and water | → Permeable to lipophilic molecules
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What do the neural circuits of the bladder act like?
→ an on and off switch to alternate between storage and elimination
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What is the lower urinary tract innervated by?
→ 3 sets of peripheral nerves → Parasympathetic (pelvic) → Sympathetic ( hypogastric) → Somatic nervous system ( pudendal)
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What are the two bladder innervations?
→ Sensory | → Motor
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What does sensory innervation do?
→ Gives a sensation of fullness
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What does motor innervation do?
→ Causes contraction and relaxation of detrusor muscle and external sphincter to control micturition
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Where does the parasympathetic motor innervation go from and to?
→ Sacral region of spinal cord S2- S4 → Pre synaptic neurons synapse to post ganglionic neurons in the bladder wall → Synapse in the internal sphincters
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Where does the sympathetic motor neurons go from and to?
→ lumbar region T-11 - L2 → innervate onto post synaptic neurons in the hypogastric ganglia → Innervate directly to the internal sphincter → inhibiting the parasympathetic system
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Where do the somatic neurons go from and to?
→ S2 - S4 | → innervate the external sphincter
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What is the innervation of the detrusor muscle like?
→ Parasympathetic pre ganglion synapse onto post ganglion neurons in the bladder wall → release AcH → acts on nicotinic receptors → the post ganglionic neurons release AcH and ATP
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What do ACh and ATP do to the detrusor?
→ cause it to contract
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What receptor does ATP act on?
→ Purinergic
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What inhibits detrusor contraction?
→ Atropine
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What causes the detrusor to relax?
→ Noradrenaline → Inhibits transmission at parasympathetic ganglia indirectly → Directly via beta receptors
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What relaxes the internal sphincter?
→ NO and ACh | → Noradrenaline
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What holds the external sphincter closed?
→ ACh (tonic and continual)
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What effects do the parasympathetic neurons have?
→ Contract detrusor - ACh (muscarinic) and ATP (purigenic) → Relax internal sphincter - via NO (cGMP) & ACh
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What effects do sympathetic neurons have?
Relax detrusor - indirectly via NA on alpha receptors & directly via Beta receptors → Contract the internal sphincter - NA (alpha receptors)
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What effects do the somatic neurons have?
→ Contract the external sphincter | - ACh
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What is the main afferent pathway?
→ Via the pelvic nerve | → Small myelinated A delta fibres → micturition reflex
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What are A delta fibers linked with?
→ Stretch receptors - wall tension | → Volume receptors - bladder filling
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Where are Unmyelinated C fibres found?
→ near the epithelium
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What are unmyelinated C fibres linked with?
→ Nociceptors - pain
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What are hypogastric and pudendal pathways linked with?
→ Nociceptors | → Flow receptors
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What do A fibres sense?
→ Tension in detrusor → Detrusor contraction → bladder fullness - discomfort
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What do C fibres sense?
→ Respond to damage | → Inflammatory mediators
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How does the bladder fill (flowchart)?
``` Initally bladder is empty - sphincters closed ↓ bladder pressure low ↓ arrival of urine ↓ detrusor relaxes progressively ↓ little increase in pressure ↓ sphincters still closed ```
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When do we become conscious of bladder filling?
→ 100-150ml
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When does discomfort begin?
→ 300-400
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What kind of a reflex is micturition?
→ Autonomic
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How is the micturition reflex modified?
→ By voluntary control | → Inhibited by higher centres in the brain
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What disrupts voluntary control of micturition?
→ Disease/injury/ageing → Bladder hyperactivity + urge incontinence → Stress incontinence
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Flow chart of micturition
As receptors detect tension ↓ transmit information via afferents ( A delta system) to the spinal cord ↓ synapse to parasympathetic efferents to override storage ↓ detrusor contracts and internal sphincter relaxes ↓ bladder constricts ↓ urine forced out and activates flow receptors in the urethra ↓ activates flow receptors in urethra ↓ pudendal afferents are excited and switch off the tonic system ↓ Tonic contraction removed by inhibition of somatic input
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What is the PMC?
→ Pontine micturition centre functions as an on-off switch that is signalled by stretch receptors in the bladder wall and is, in turn, modulated by inhibitory and excitatory neurologic influences from the brain
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How can higher centres modify micturition reflexes?
→ Contract external sphincter and levator muscle
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What can the urine stream be stopped by?
→ Strangury 'urethral pain' due to urethritis → Pinching glans penis → at night if bladder fills to capacity PMC wakes you up
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Flow chart of innervation to bladder
``` Cerebral cortex (frontal lobe) ↓ Brain stem ↓ Spinal tract ↓ Spinal efferents ↓ Ganglion ↓ Bladder ```
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What sends signals from the bladder to the spinal efferents?
→ C unmyelinated afferent
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What sends signals from the bladder to the spinal tract?
→ A delta myelinated afferent
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Where is the bladder?
Floor of abdominal cavity
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What helps to compress the urethra?
→ Reflex contraction of periurethral striated muscles
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What is the result of contracting abdominal muscles?
→ Increased intra-abdominal pressure transmitted to the bladder and urethra
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Why do you have to completely empty the bladder?
→ Restore sterility → Bacteria in retained urine seeds fresh urine → Retained urine - UTI
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What can repeated infections do to kidney function?
→ destroy renal function
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What is a UTI?
→ Urinary tract infection that can happen anywhere along the urinary tract
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What is an infection in the bladder called?
→ Cystitis
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What is an infection of the kidneys called?
→ Pyelonephritis
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What is a urethra infection called?
→ Urethritis
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What are risk factors for a UTI?
``` → pregnancy → Enlarged prostate → Kidney stones → bowel incontinence → old age ```
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What are the problems of an ageing bladder?
→ Prostate enlargement Incontinence - weakening of sphincters → Overactive bladder
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What is a consequence of slow urine stream?
→ Incomplete emptying | → Infection
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What are medications for incontinence?
→ anti muscarinics → detrusor relaxes → relax smooth muscle
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What is bladder retraining?
→ Kegel exercises Clench the muscles you would use to stop the flow of urine. Hold the squeeze for 10 seconds, then relax. Do three or four sets every day. As these muscles grow stronger so will your bladder control.
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What surgery can be carried out for the bladder?
→ Bladder neck suspension → collagen injections injections into muscles around urethra → relaxes OAB → botulinum toxin
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What is SNS?
→ sacral nerve stimulation | → electrical impulses to sacral nerve supplying lower urinary tract
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What other treatments for incontinence?
→ stem cell therapy | → tissue engineered bladder- Synthetic and natural scaffolds to form 3D structure using human tissue.
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What is stress urinary incontinence?
when urine leaks out with sudden pressure on the bladder and urethra, causing the sphincter muscles to open briefly →If there is damage to support around urethra, it becomes deformed in orientation and remains open
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What is happening when bladder is empty?
→Sphincters closed (tonic activity sympathetic & somatic nerves) →Bladder pressure low
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What happens with the arrival of urine?
``` →Detrusor relaxes progressively (sympathetic activity inhibiting parasympathetic transmission) →Little increase in pressure →Sphincters still closed →RECEPTIVE RELAXATION ```
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What is the difference between the external sphincter muscle in men and women?
poorly developed and women are more prone to incontinence

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