Urinary Bladder - Anatomy & Physiology
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Overview
- The bladder is where urine is stored before being expelled by the body through the micturition reflex.
- Without a bladder urinary continence would be impossible.
- It is a hollow, muscular organ
- Its size and posistion are determined by how full it is.
- It is divided for descriptive purposes into three parts
- Cranial Pole
- Intermediate body
- Caudal neck