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DISTENDED BLADDER [4 records]

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Record 1 2023-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
ostium urethrae internum accipiens
Latin
A09.2.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The internal urethral orifice after the bladder begins to be distended by urine, when the trigonal muscles are contracted and the detrusor muscle is relaxed...

OBS

During this stage, the orifice occurs at a higher level and is bounded by a different portion of the mucosa than during voiding.

OBS

filling internal urethral orifice: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.2.03.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
ostium urethrae internum accipiens
Latin
A09.2.03.001
classification system code, see observation
CONT

L'orifice interne de l’urètre, vessie en réplétion, prend habituellement la forme d'un disque plat.

OBS

ostium interne de remplissage : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.2.03.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Órganos genitales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
ostium urethrae internum accipiens
Latin
A09.2.03.001
classification system code, see observation
OBS

orificio uretral interno en replección: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A09.2.03.001: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 2 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A bladder which is recognized by palpation as a smooth, rounded, firm, symmetrical tumescence extending upward above the pubes. It may be barely perceptible or, in the extreme case, extend to the umbilicus or even higher. It is often visible as a rounded prominence. The percussion note is dull; when enlargement is not sufficient to produce a palpable mass, it can sometimes be diagnosed by finding a circumscribed area of slight dullness above the symphysis.

OBS

distended bladder : term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Expression imagée désignant une vessie en état de distension, qui prend la forme d'une volumineuse tumeur, hypogastrique, ronde, régulière et médiane, ressemblant à un globe. Le globe vésical est décelable à la percussion (matité sus-pubienne), au palper, ou visible, remontant vers l'ombilic.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

A measure of the ease with which a hollow viscus(e. g., lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder) may be distended, for example, the volume change resulting from the application of a unit pressure differential between the inside and outside of the viscus.

PHR

Ventricular, lung compliance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Aptitude d'une cavité organique à changer de volume sous l'influence d'une variation de pression.

OBS

La compliance se mesure par le rapport de la variation de volume à la variation de pression, le rapport inverse étant appelé « élastance ».

PHR

Compliance ventriculaire, pulmonaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

The overflow of urine from a greatly distended paralysed bladder.

OBS

The term "overflow incontinence" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Écoulement goutte à goutte de l'urine contenue dans une vessie distendue.

Spanish

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