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Urinary bladder

   

Overview

Clinical anatomy

Workbook tasks

Slide 79: Bladder

H/E

This slide is a cross section through the bladder.

Identify microscopically:

  1. Lumen
  2. Mucosa

  3. M. externa

  4. Adventitia and/or serosa

Draw and annotate:

A line diagram of the different layers of the bladder.

 

Reflection:
  1. What type of epithelium lines the bladder, and how does this epithelium compare to that of the ureter?
  2. How many muscle layers are found in the bladder, and in which directions are they arranged?
  3. Presence of an adventitia and/or serosa? - Explain.
 

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