urinary bladder

American  

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

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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Etymology

Origin of urinary bladder

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

For example, the tight junctions of the epithelial cells lining your urinary bladder prevent urine from leaking out into the extracellular space.

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As the urinary bladder fills, the epithelial layer unfolds and expands to hold the volume of urine introduced into it.

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The ureters are urine-bearing tubes that exit the kidney and empty into the urinary bladder.

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

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It gives rise to the formation of concretions, and that not only in the mouth, but also, as I have shown, in the salivary ducts and urinary bladder.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various