bladders

Inflatable inner pouches

Bladders is the plural of bladder, the muscular sac that holds urine until it's released.

The word extends to any inflatable pouch or bag: a fish's swim bladder provides buoyancy, and a football's bladder holds the air inside.

Weak bladders describes frequent need to urinate.

The bladders of these old footballs have cracked.

anatomy

gallbladder

Bile storage organ

bile · fish · flotation · gas-filled · internal · membrane · sac

container

vessel

Receptacle for contents

bag · reservoir · flask · wineskin · water carrier · membrane · holding · storage · liquid · portable

urinary

kidney

Blood-filtering organ

incontinence · cystitis · urination · micturition · sphincter · renal · nephrology · urology · excretion · filtration

kiteboarding

canopy

Overhead protective covering

trailing edge · ripstop · depower · relaunch · kite · inflatable · valve · pump · cell · chambers

voiding

urinate

Expel bodily fluid

expel · discharge · evacuate · drain · flush · relieve · excrete · micturate · passing water · frequency

inflatable

football

Field sport with goals

balloon · air chamber · valve · inflation · puncture · latex · rubber · bounce · pressurized · pump

Categories
Opposites
urinary system function

bladderskidneys

Blood-filtering organ pair

ureters · nephrons

organ structure

bladderslivers

Blood-filtering abdominal organs

spleens · muscles · bones

Phrases
Family

bladder, bladderwort

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G