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.

---

urinary bladder British  

noun

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

---

urinary bladder Cultural  

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

---

Etymology

Origin of urinary bladder

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Also last week, they published findings in the journal eLife on a urine test to detect cancers of the urothelial tract or urinary bladder.

From Washington Post

In addition, approximately half of the deaths from cancers of the oral cavity, esophagus and urinary bladder were due to tobacco use, the researchers noted.

From US News

For example, the technique can only be used in patients whose cancer has not spread into the urinary bladder or uterus, he said.

From US News

It is also found on the urinary bladder cells, and the drug works to calm an overactive bladder by relaxing muscle cells there, he said.

From US News

Porcine urinary bladder ECM scaffold implantation was associated with perivascular stem cell mobilization and accumulation within the site of injury, and de novo formation of skeletal muscle cells.

From Science Magazine