alleryStart learning →Micturition begins with which receptors in the bladder?
AStress receptors
BStrain receptors
CStream receptors
DStretch receptors
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Stretch receptors
1. The bladder wall senses its own filling.
2. That triggers a spinal reflex.
3. Normal micturition results from stretch receptors in the bladder wall.
4. So the answer is stretch receptors.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 25 'The Urinary System'_
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