The urinary bladder (Fig. 1135) is a musculomembranous sac which acts as a reservoir for the urine; and as its size, position, and relations vary according to the amount of fluid it contains, ...
urinary bladder The storage organ for urine.
urn Region near the center of an infusoriform larva of a dicyemid mesozoan.
expels urine from your urinary bladder
sends babies out into the world from the uterus
regulates the flow of air through the lungs
The contraction of smooth muscle is generally not under voluntary control.
excretion - the urine (in mammals) is stored in the urinary bladder and exits via the urethra; in other vertebrates the urine mixes with other wastes in the cloaca before leaving the body; ( frogs also have a urinary bladder).
The urine formed by the kidney is collected and sent down the ureter to the urinary bladder. The bladder is lined by an interesting transitional epithelium which allows it to expand so that the urine can be stored.
Examples of animal organs are heart, lungs, brain, eye, stomach, spleen, bones, pancreas, kidneys, liver, intestines, skin, urinary bladder and sex organs
Examples of plant organs are the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruits ...
[Gk. from ourein, to urinate]
A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
urethra ...
ureter
A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
urethra
A tube that releases urine from the body near the vagina in females or through the penis in males; also serves in males as the exit tube for the reproductive system.
A saclike outgrowth from the ventral surface of the posterior part of the embryonic gut and membrane in reptiles, birds, and mammals that functions as an embryonic urinary bladder or as a respiratory extension of the hindgut, ...
Anatomy: urinary system Abdomen
Kidneys - Ureters - Orifice of ureter
Pelvis
Urinary bladder (Uvula, Trigone, Detrusor, Apex, Neck) ...
looking at cancer cells that had been converted into cancer cells through exposure to chemical carcinogens; first mouse cells and then human cells. The human cells came from a human bladder carcinoma from cigarette smokers whose urinary bladder is ...
LCT occurs beneath epithelium in skin and many internal organs, such as lungs, arteries and the urinary bladder. This tissue type also forms a protective layer over muscle, nerves, and blood vessels.
 See also: Blood, Trans, Organ, Membrane, Human
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