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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "Internal World (The Self)"
Split Justification: The Internal World involves both mental processes (**Cognitive Sphere**) and physical experiences (**Somatic Sphere**). (Ref: Mind-Body Distinction)
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From: "Somatic Sphere"
Split Justification: The Somatic Sphere encompasses all physical aspects of the self. These can be fundamentally divided based on whether they are directly accessible to conscious awareness and subjective experience (e.g., pain, touch, proprioception) or whether they operate autonomously and beneath the threshold of conscious perception (e.g., heart rate, digestion, cellular metabolism). Every bodily sensation, state, or process falls into one of these two categories, making them mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Autonomic & Unconscious Somatic Processes"
Split Justification: ** All unconscious somatic processes are fundamentally regulated through either the dedicated neural pathways of the autonomic nervous system or through the intrinsic, self-regulating mechanisms of other physiological systems (e.g., endocrine, immune, cellular, local tissue systems). These two categories comprehensively cover all autonomous and unconscious bodily functions and are mutually exclusive in their primary regulatory mechanism.
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From: "Autonomic Neural Regulation"
Split Justification: Autonomic neural regulation is fundamentally divided into the sympathetic nervous system, which primarily prepares the body for action and stress responses, and the parasympathetic nervous system, which primarily facilitates rest, digestion, and energy conservation. These two branches constitute the entirety of the autonomic nervous system, operating with largely opposing effects on target organs, making them mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive for covering all aspects of autonomic neural regulation.
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From: "Parasympathetic Neural Regulation"
Split Justification: The parasympathetic nervous system is anatomically and functionally defined by its neural origins, which are exclusively from either specific cranial nerves (III, VII, IX, X) or sacral spinal nerves (S2-S4). These two distinct outflow pathways comprehensively cover all sources of parasympathetic neural regulation, and any given parasympathetic pathway originates from one or the other, ensuring mutual exclusivity.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Outflow"
Split Justification: The sacral parasympathetic outflow primarily innervates organs within the pelvic cavity. These target organs and their functions can be fundamentally and exhaustively divided into those primarily responsible for the elimination of bodily waste (defecation and micturition via the distal colon, rectum, and bladder) and those primarily involved in reproduction and sexual function (genitalia and associated structures). These two categories represent distinct physiological domains regulated by the sacral parasympathetic system and are mutually exclusive in their primary functional roles.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation of Pelvic Visceral Elimination"
Split Justification: The sacral parasympathetic outflow primarily regulates two distinct elimination processes within the pelvic viscera: defecation (the controlled expulsion of feces from the distal colon and rectum) and micturition (the controlled expulsion of urine from the bladder). These two physiological processes involve different organ systems and waste products, making them mutually exclusive. Together, they comprehensively cover all major aspects of pelvic visceral elimination regulated by the sacral parasympathetic nervous system.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation of Micturition"
Split Justification: The sacral parasympathetic nervous system facilitates micturition by coordinating two primary and distinct physiological actions: the contraction of the detrusor muscle within the bladder wall to expel urine, and the relaxation of the internal urethral sphincter to allow urine passage. These two actions, while synergistically contributing to the overall process of voiding, are fundamentally distinct in their target muscles and specific effects, making them mutually exclusive. Together, they comprehensively cover the direct parasympathetic contributions to the active process of micturition.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation of Internal Urethral Sphincter Relaxation"
Split Justification: ** Direct sacral parasympathetic regulation leading to internal urethral sphincter relaxation is primarily mediated by the release of non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) neurotransmitters from postganglionic fibers. Nitric oxide (NO) is the most prominent and well-characterized of these NANC mediators, while other NANC substances (e.g., Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide - VIP) also contribute to this relaxation. This distinction between NO-mediated and other NANC-mediated effects comprehensively covers the direct neurotransmitter mechanisms of parasympathetic internal urethral sphincter relaxation and ensures mutual exclusivity based on the specific biochemical identity of the primary effector molecule.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation via Other Non-Cholinergic, Non-Adrenergic Mediators for Internal Urethral Sphincter Relaxation"
Split Justification: The category of "Other Non-Cholinergic, Non-Adrenergic Mediators" encompasses all NANC neurotransmitters except Nitric Oxide. These remaining mediators can be fundamentally and exhaustively classified based on their chemical structure as either peptide neurotransmitters (composed of amino acids) or non-peptide neurotransmitters. This biochemical distinction ensures mutual exclusivity and comprehensively covers all known types of these remaining effector molecules involved in sacral parasympathetic regulation of internal urethral sphincter relaxation.
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From: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation via Non-Peptide Non-Cholinergic, Non-Adrenergic Mediators for Internal Urethral Sphincter Relaxation"
Split Justification: ** The non-peptide non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic (NANC) mediators (excluding nitric oxide, which was previously split) can be fundamentally and exhaustively classified based on their chemical nature as either purine-based molecules (e.g., ATP, adenosine) or as belonging to other non-purine chemical classes (e.g., carbon monoxide, other small molecules). This biochemical distinction ensures mutual exclusivity and comprehensively covers all known types of these remaining effector molecules involved in sacral parasympathetic regulation of internal urethral sphincter relaxation.
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Topic: "Sacral Parasympathetic Regulation via Non-Purinergic Non-Peptide Non-Cholinergic, Non-Adrenergic Mediators for Internal Urethral Sphincter Relaxation" (W8117)