Defecation follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus or c
European bee-eater defecating
Sketch of a person defecating outside by Jacques Callot (1621)
Defecating lion in Warsaw Zoo
Urination is the release of urine from the bladder through the urethra in placental mammals, or through the cloaca in other vertebrates. It is the urinary system's form of excretion. It is also known
Defecation
…in a process called egestion. When birds defecate, they also expel urine and urates in the same mass, whereas other animals may also simultaneously urinate during defecation, but the processes are spatially separated. Defecation may also accompany childbirth and death. Babies defecate a unique substance…
Manneken Pis depicts a urinating boy (puer mingens) in a standing position.
Jeanneke Pis portrays a girl squatting to urinate.
Location of the bladder and urethra in adult human male and female (sagittal section)
Male placental mammals expel urine through the penis.