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URINARY BLADDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A membranous sac for temporary retention of urine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("urinary bladder" is a kind of...):
bladder; vesica (a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas))
Meronyms (parts of "urinary bladder"):
bladder sphincter; musculus sphincter vesicae (the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening)
Holonyms ("urinary bladder" is a part of...):
apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)
urinary tract (the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine)
Context examples:
A papillary transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder, characterized by marked architectural and cytologic abnormalities and frequent mitotic figures (at all levels of the urothelium).
(Non-Invasive Bladder Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma, High Grade, NCI Thesaurus)
The spread of cancer to the urinary bladder wall from an adjacent or distant anatomic site.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)
Endoscopic examination of the urinary bladder or urethra.
(Cystoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) for drainage of the urinary bladder.
(Cystostomy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A radiographic procedure to obtain an image of the urinary bladder by filling the bladder with contrast medium.
(Cystography, NCI Thesaurus)
A papillary neoplasm of the urinary bladder in which the transitional cells form papillae.
(Bladder Papillary Urothelial Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential, NCI Thesaurus)
The inferior portion of the urinary bladder which is formed as the walls of the bladder converge and become contiguous with the proximal urethra.
(Bladder Neck, NCI Thesaurus)
Most cases involve a patent urachus that allows for communication to the urinary bladder.
(Allantoic Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
Most common neoplastic lesions in males were urinary bladder carcinoma 35%, pancreas islet adenoma 15%, pituitary adenoma 14%, lymphoreticular sarcoma 14%, adrenal cortex adenoma 12%, medullary thyroid carcinoma 9%, adrenal pheochromocytoma 8%.
(BN, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglioma arising from the urinary bladder.
(Bladder Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)
