See Also: body of urinary bladder(medicine)
Urinary bladder(health)
urinary bladder(medicine)
neck of urinary bladder(medicine)
fundus of urinary bladder(medicine)
mucosa of urinary bladder(medicine)
apex of urinary bladder(medicine)
serosa of urinary bladder(medicine)
sphincter muscle of urinary bladder(medicine)
muscular coat of urinary bladder(medicine)

Adjacent (medicine) and body of urinary bladder (medicine)


Adjacent (medicine)


adjacent
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." Adjacent or contiguous angle.

Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each Other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. "I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians." (Howell) Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.

Synonym: Adjoining, contiguous, near.

Origin: L. Adjacens, -centis, p. Pr. Of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacre to lie: cf. F. Adjacent.

Source: Websters Dictionary


body of urinary bladder (medicine)


body of urinary bladder


The portion of the bladder between the apex and fundus.

Synonym: corpus vesicae urinariae.