Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 38
38. What will happen if the stretch receptors of the urinary bladder wall are totally removed?
(a) Micturition will cease
(b) Urine will continue to collect normally in the bladder
(c) There will be no micturition
(d) Urine will collect in the bladder
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Answer : a
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(a) Sensory stretch receptors are responsible for the stretch reflex. If these are removed then autonomic nervous system control will be lost and micturition will cease. Micturition is the expulsion of urine from the urinary bladder.