Trigone of urinary bladder
| Trigone of urinary bladder | |
|---|---|
 Urinary bladder | |
 The interior of bladder. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | trigonum vesicae urinariae |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | t_19/12823635 |
| TA | A08.3.01.024 |
| FMA | 15910 |
The trigone is a smooth triangular region of the internal urinary bladder formed by the two ureteral orifices and the internal urethral orifice.
The area is very sensitive to expansion and once stretched to a certain degree, the urinary bladder signals the brain of its need to empty. The signals become stronger as the bladder continues to fill.
Embryologically, the trigone of the bladder is derived from the caudal end of mesonephric ducts, which is of mesodermal origin (the rest of the bladder is endodermal). In the female the mesonephric ducts regresses, causing the trigone to be less prominent, but still present.
Pathology
Clinically important because infections (trigonitis) tend to persist in this region.
See also
External links
- Anatomy photo:44:04-0203 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Male Pelvis: The Urinary Bladder"
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.