The parasympathetic nervous system controls the (*) guarding reflex, which prevents this activity.
This process is inhibited by performing a Stamey operation. When an organism perceives that it is in a safe environment, Barrington's nucleus receives a signal from the central gray to begin this process. The primary use of the anticholinergic drugs oxybutynin and tolterodine is to treat conditions affecting this process. The parasympathetic nervous system controls the (*) guarding reflex, which prevents this activity. The detrusor muscle contracts to accelerate this process while Kegel muscles contract to stop it. The frequency of this process is typically increased as a somewhat unwanted side effect of diuretics. For 10 points, name this act of emptying the bladder.
This process is inhibited by performing a Stamey operation. When an organism perceives that it is in a safe environment, Barrington's nucleus receives a signal from the central gray to begin this process.
urination [or: micturition, colloquial equivalents]