Urinary - Urinary Bladder

Question 1

What is the trigone? Function?

Answer 1

Three openings at the base of the bladder

Prevents urine from flowing back into the ureter

Question 2

How many trigone?

Answer 2

• two from ureters
• one from urethra

Question 3

Where is the prostate gland in the bladder?

Answer 3

Found underneath bladder

Question 4

How much urine can a full bladder hold?

Answer 4

500 mL

Question 5

What are the three layers of the urinary bladder wall?

Answer 5

1. Mucosa
2. Submucosa
3. Muscularis layer

Question 6

What is the muscularis layer function?

Answer 6

Contracts to help empty the bladder during urination and relaxes to allow bladder to fill