Where is the bladder located in the female body
Female Urinary Bladder (preview) - Human Anatomy | Kenhub
hello everyone this is Wellman from
kenhub and welcome to another anatomy
tutorial where this time we're going to
be focusing on the female urinary
bladder
now the urinary bladder is a hollow
organ that serves to collect urine
filter through your kidneys throughout
this tutorial we will focus on the
structure in parts the urinary bladder
and the female pelvis now one important
thing before we continue is that we're
going to be mainly exploring this image
that you now see on the screen which is
essentially a coronal section of the
female urinary bladder you see a lot of
structures here which we will be
highlighting to understand what's
happening around a urinary bladder but
this is the urinary bladder as you can
see here first structure I would like to
highlight here is known as the
peritoneum now before I go and talk
about the actual bladder I would like to
just briefly mention the peritoneum and
the pelvic fascia that cover part of the
bladder
now the peritoneum is a serous membrane
that lines the peritoneal cavity and
this membrane supports and lines the
organs of the abdomen and pelvis the
next structure we're going to be
highlighting here this is known as the
visceral pelvic fascia now this is a
fibrous covering over the various pelvic
viscera that is attached to the
diaphragmatic part of the pelvic viscera
and in this illustration we see the part
of the pelvic fascia that covers the
bladder also worth noting that it forms
the anterior and lateral ligaments of
the bladder and let's now talk about the
actual bladder starting off with this
structure that you see now highlighted
in green which is known as the body so
this is the body of the bladder and the
urinary bladder when empty has a
pyramidal shape it has a base known as
the fundus and apex a superior surface
and two and farrow lateral surfaces
which we will discuss later on on this
tutorial now the body of the urinary
bladder is lined with transitional
epithelium and as you see here
on this image as well this is a hollow
pear-shaped part of the urinary bladder
that holds the urine before it is voided
the body is located between the fundus
and the apex of the urinary bladder the
entire volume of the bladder varies but
it can hold between four hundred
milliliters to one thousand milliliters
the ureters will be opening into the
body of the bladder posteriorly and you
see here the orifices where they're
going to be connecting with a V bladder
and we will talk about them later on in
this tutorial let's continue on to the
next structure that you see here
highlighted in green which is known as
the fundus now the fundus of the urinary
bladder is basically the base of the
bladder it has the shape of an inverted
triangle faces posterior inferior Lea
and is formed by the posterior wall of
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