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The neural pathways involved in the control of the bladder. The pontine micturition centre (PMC) is the final brain efferent nucleus, activation of which results in co-ordinated sphincter relaxation followed by detrusor contraction. Pathways connecting the PMC to peripheral bladder innervation (the pelvic and pudendal nerves) pass down the spinal cord, and through the sacral roots (S2–S4) (with permission from Seandanavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology).
