urinary

& s. [Eng. urin(e); -ary.] A. As adj . Of, pertaining to, containing, depos ited from, or affording pa age to urine: as, urin ary calculi, urinary deposits, the urinary pa age sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f.. IMG:content-0336.png:[blocks in formation] of urine, ., for manure. *2. The same as URINAL, 2. urinary-bladder, s. Anat.: A hollow membranous and muscular receptacle receiving the urine poured into it through the ureter, retaining it for a longer or shorter period, and finally expelling it through the urethra. In the male it is situated in front of the rectum; in the female it is separated from the rectum by the uterus and the vagina. When completely distended with urine, it rises above the brim of the pelvis and becomes egg-shaped, the larger end constituting its base, or inferior fundus, and being directed toward the rectum in the male and the vagina in the female, and its smaller end, or summit, resting against the wall of the abdomen. In front of the base is the cervix or neck connecting the bladder below with the urethra. IMG:content-0337.png:[blocks in formation] urinary-vesicle, s. Anat .: A term sometimes applied to the allantois, (q. v.) because from a dilation on its pedicle the mammalian bladder is produced.