urinary bladder

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.

a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.

urinary bladder

a distensible membranous sac in which the urine excreted from the kidneys is stored

urinary bladder

A saclike structure that stores urine until it can be passed out of the body through the urethra .

First recorded in 1720–30

The best-known species is M. lieberkhnii, from the urinary bladder of the pike.

Hollow viscera, like the œsophagus and urinary bladder, in so far as they are not covered by peritoneum, heal less rapidly.

Strangury consists in painful efforts to discharge the contents of the urinary bladder.

At the autopsy the urinary bladder was firmly contracted and contained a very small amount of bloody liquid.

Their posterior parts are considerably enlarged, forming what Hyrtl calls the horns of the urinary bladder.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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