urinary bladder

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

noun

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

urinary bladder

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of urinary bladder¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The ureter – a tube carrying urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder – from the left pelvic kidney joined the ureter from the other left kidney just above its entrance to the bladder, the report noted.

From Fox News

Terry Brazier, 70, was meant to undergo a cystoscopy — which is an endoscopy of the urinary bladder via the urethra.

From Fox News

Badylak’s team found that urinary bladder ECM stimulates neuronal stem cells to proliferate better than an ECM derived from the central nervous system3.

From Nature

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

We've done work that shows that how they do it is by using their urinary bladder as a canteen.

From National Geographic