SandboxDB/Tissues/Bladder

Bladder (urinary bladder) is a hollow muscular organ that stores urine, characterized by a distensible wall with transitional epithelium.
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[edit source]- Common names: bladder, urinary bladder, water bladder
- Anatomical terms: vesica urinaria, vesical tissue, bladder wall, detrusor muscle, trigone
- Clinical terms: bladder catheterisation, cystotomy, cystoscopy, suprapubic catheter
- Regional terms: vessie (fr), vescica (it), vejiga (es), blase / harnblase (de), blaas (nl)
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