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Structure
 It is a hollow, muscular, collapsible bag.
 It is spherical in shape.
 Also known as the body’s urine storage tank.
 Located in the pelvic cavity, behind the pubic
symphysis and anterior to the rectum.
 In women the bladder lies anterior to the vagina and
in front the uterus
 In men it rests on the prostate.
 The urinary bladder is made up of several distinct
tissue layers.
 The outer most superior layer of the bladder is made
of serous membrane continuous with the peritoneum.
 The serous membrane provides protection to the
bladder from friction between organs in the
abdominopelvic cavity.
 The surface of the lateral and inferior sides of the
bladder forms a layer of loose connective tissue called
the adventitia.
 The adventitia loosely connects the urinary bladder to
the surrounding tissue of the pelvis.
 The walls of the bladder is made mostly of smooth
muscle tissue called the detrusor muscle.
 The detrusor muscle is a layer of smooth muscle
fibers arranged in spiral, longitudinal, and circular
bundles.
 Mucous transitional epithelium that forms folds called
rugae lines the bladder and protects the underlying
tissues from acidic and alkaline urine.
 Surrounding the mucosa layers is the submucosa, a
layer of connective tissue with blood vessels and
nervous tissue
 As urine accumulates, the rugae flattens, the wall of
the bladder thins as it stretches, allowing the bladder
to store larger amounts of urine without a significant
rise in internal pressure.
 The visceral muscles of the muscularis layer surround
the submucosa and provide the urinary bladder with
its ability to expand and contract.
 The muscularis also forms the internal urethral
sphincter which is a ring of muscle that surrounds the
urethral opening and holds urine in the urinary
bladder.
 During urination the sphincter relaxes to allow urine
to flow into the urethra.
 There are three openings in the floor of the bladder.
 Two from the ureters and one into the urethra.
 The ureter openings lie at the posterior corners of the
triangle shaped floor called the trigone.
Functions Of The Bladder
 Storage vessel for urine to delay frequency of
urination.
 Collects urine excreted by the kidneys before disposal
by urination.

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Urinary bladder ppoint

  • 1.
  • 2. Structure  It is a hollow, muscular, collapsible bag.  It is spherical in shape.  Also known as the body’s urine storage tank.  Located in the pelvic cavity, behind the pubic symphysis and anterior to the rectum.  In women the bladder lies anterior to the vagina and in front the uterus  In men it rests on the prostate.
  • 3.  The urinary bladder is made up of several distinct tissue layers.  The outer most superior layer of the bladder is made of serous membrane continuous with the peritoneum.  The serous membrane provides protection to the bladder from friction between organs in the abdominopelvic cavity.  The surface of the lateral and inferior sides of the bladder forms a layer of loose connective tissue called the adventitia.  The adventitia loosely connects the urinary bladder to the surrounding tissue of the pelvis.
  • 4.  The walls of the bladder is made mostly of smooth muscle tissue called the detrusor muscle.  The detrusor muscle is a layer of smooth muscle fibers arranged in spiral, longitudinal, and circular bundles.  Mucous transitional epithelium that forms folds called rugae lines the bladder and protects the underlying tissues from acidic and alkaline urine.  Surrounding the mucosa layers is the submucosa, a layer of connective tissue with blood vessels and nervous tissue
  • 5.  As urine accumulates, the rugae flattens, the wall of the bladder thins as it stretches, allowing the bladder to store larger amounts of urine without a significant rise in internal pressure.
  • 6.
  • 7.  The visceral muscles of the muscularis layer surround the submucosa and provide the urinary bladder with its ability to expand and contract.  The muscularis also forms the internal urethral sphincter which is a ring of muscle that surrounds the urethral opening and holds urine in the urinary bladder.  During urination the sphincter relaxes to allow urine to flow into the urethra.
  • 8.  There are three openings in the floor of the bladder.  Two from the ureters and one into the urethra.  The ureter openings lie at the posterior corners of the triangle shaped floor called the trigone.
  • 9. Functions Of The Bladder  Storage vessel for urine to delay frequency of urination.  Collects urine excreted by the kidneys before disposal by urination.