Urinary bladder
Vesica urinaria
Stores urine and expels it.
- System
- urinary
- Region
- Abdomen
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Floor of the caudal abdomen when full, and within the pelvis when empty.
- Action
- Stores urine and expels it.
- Nerve
- Pelvic nerve for emptying, hypogastric for filling, pudendal for the external sphincter.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Urinary bladder
- Latin (NAV)
- Vesica urinaria
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria