The urinary bladder
A) is a temporary storage site for urine.
B) wall is stretched by 200 to 400 ml of urine, which stimulates stretch receptors that initiate the micturition reflex.
C) contracts when parasympathetic nerves stimulate it.
D) all of these answers.
E) none of these answers.

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The urinary bladder is a temporary storage site for urine, whose wall is stretched by 200 to 400 ml of urine, which stimulates stretch receptors that initiate the micturition reflex. The urinary bladder contracts when parasympathetic nerves stimulate it. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

The Urinary Bladder