Definition of bladders Bladders

/blæˈdɚz/ - [blatderz] -

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Noun Plural: bladders
bladder - a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
		vesica
		sac a structure resembling a bag in an animal
		gall bladder, gallbladder a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
bladder - a bag that fills with air
		bag a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"

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bladder (Noun)
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
bladder (Noun)
Specifically, the urinary bladder .
bladder (Noun)
A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
bladder (Noun)
The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby ball s.
bladder (Noun)
A sealed, plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask cask .
bladder (Verb)
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
bladder (Verb)
To store or put up in bladders.

bladder (n.)
A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.
bladder (n.)
Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
bladder (n.)
A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
bladder (n.)
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
bladder (v. t.)
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
bladder (v. t.)
To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.

bladder
A hollow muscular balloon-shaped organ that stores urine until it is excreted from the body.

bladder
blad′ėr, n. a thin bag distended with liquid or air: the receptacle for the urine.—adjs. Bladd′ered, Bladd′ery, swollen like a bladder.—n. Bladd′erwort, a genus of slender aquatic plants, the leaves floating. [A.S. blǽdre—blawan; Old Ger. blahan, blajan, to blow; Ger. blase, bladder—blasen, to blow; cf. L. flat-us, breath.]

The bladder is an organ in the human body. All the liquids that are drunk go through the bladder. The bladder takes in the liquid in order for the body to work. The bladder works with the kidneys. The kidneys clean the liquid we drink. This goes on till the bladder is too full to hold any more. The bladder then tells the brain that it needs to be emptied. Once this message is received to the brain, the muscles around the bladder start to squeeze and the bladder starts to contract. At the same time the bladder sends a message to other muscles (pelvic floor muscles) to relax and let the liquid pass.