urinary bladder

American  

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

• urinary bladders
  plural

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

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urinary bladder British  

noun

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

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urinary bladder Cultural  

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• urinary bladders
  plural

Etymology

Origin of urinary bladder

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

urinary bladder

But while receiving treatment, doctors found stones in his urinary bladder after noticing that he was experiencing difficulty urinating.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The walnut-shaped prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the connection to the urinary bladder.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In this way, water is not held in the urinary bladder, which would increase body weight.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Other modifications that reduce weight include the lack of a urinary bladder.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The so-called urinary bladder is ventral to the intestine, in a position answering to that of the rabbit, but it has no connection with the ureters, and it is two-horned.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells