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The human bladder can expand to hold up to half a litre of urine
Elastic muscular walls stretch as fluid collects prior to urination
The urinary bladder is a hollow elastic organ lined with transitional epithelium. As urine accumulates from the kidneys, bladder walls expand comfortably to hold 400 to 600 millilitres of fluid before stretch receptors signal the brain to initiate urination.
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The human bladder can expand to hold up to half a litre of urine: the short answers
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