Urination is the release of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the urinary

meatus outside of the body. It is the urinary system's form of excretion. It is also known medically
as micturition, voiding, uresis, or, rarely, emiction, and known colloquially by various names
including tinkling, peeing, weeing, whizzing and pissing.
In healthy humans (and many other animals) the process of urination is under voluntary control.
In infants, some elderly individuals, and those with neurological injury, urination may occur as
a reflex. It is normal for adult humans to urinate up to seven times during the day.[1]
In some animals, in addition to expelling waste material, urination can mark territory or express
submissiveness. Physiologically, urination involves coordination between the central, autonomic,
and somatic nervous systems. Brain centers that regulate urination include thepontine micturition
center, periaqueductal gray, and the cerebral cortex. In male placental mammals, urine is ejected
through the penis.[2]In female placental mammals, urine is ejected through the vulva or pseudopenis.[3]:38,364
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1Anatomy and physiology

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1.1Anatomy of the bladder and outlet

1.2Physiology

1.2.1Storage phase

1.2.2Voiding phase

1.2.3Voluntary control

1.2.4Experience of urination
1.3Disorders

1.3.1Clinical conditions

1.3.2Experimentally induced disorders

2Techniques

2.1Male urination

2.2Female urination

2.3Young children

2.4Fetal urination

2.5Urination after injury

2.6Facilities

2.7Alternative urination tools

3Social and cultural aspects

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3.1Toilet training

3.2Urination without facilities

3.3Standing versus sitting or squatting

3.3.1Males

3.3.2Females
3.4Talking about urination

3.4.1Use in language

3.5Urination and sexual activity

4Other species

4.1Dog-like mammals (Canidae)

4.2Cats (Felidae)

5See also

6References

7Further reading

8External links

Anatomy and physiology[edit]

Anatomy of the bladder and outlet[edit]

The interior of the bladder

Main articles: Urinary bladder and Urethra