Bladder Anatomy
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Description[edit | edit source]
IT is a hollow muscular, elastic, subperitoneal organ, , located at the lesser pelvic cavity, it collect the urine that is filtered through the kidney through ureters to be evacuated/ voided later on.
It can accommodate about 1000 ml of urine with average about 400-600 ml that vary from one to another.
The outer layer of bladder wall formed of smooth muscle fibers (detrusor muscles).
Bladder[edit | edit source]
Nerve[edit | edit source]
Parasympathetic (s2-s4)
Sympathetic (t12-l2)
Artery[edit | edit source]
Branches from internal iliac artery; superior and inferior vesicle arteries.
Small branches from obturator and inferior gluteal artery.
Lymphatic drainage[edit | edit source]
The neck and fundus of bladder through internal, sacral and common iliac lymph nodes.
The superolateral aspect of the bladder through the external iliac lymph nodes.
Function[edit | edit source]
Clinical relevance[edit | edit source]
Detrusor sphincter dyssynergia
Atonic bladder
Neurogenic bladder
