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Bladder: A hollow, distensible organ with muscular walls that stores urine and expels it through the urethra.

Rete Mirabile: A countercurrent exchange structure of capillaries that allows gas uptake in a fish swim bladder

Boneset (Eupatorium perfolatum): Diaphoretic, helps reduce fevers, bitter action for liver, gall bladder, and bowel.

Buchu (Barosma betulina): Diuretic, reduces inflamed mucous membranes that cause a mucous discharge, helps heal cystitis (infection of the urinary bladder and tract) and prostatis (infection of the prostrate gland), . . . View Full Definition

Trochee: A metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. Examples of trochaic words include 'garden' and 'highway.' william blake opens 'the tyger' with a predo . . . View Full Definition

Gravel: A disease characterized by small stones which are formed in the kidneys, passed along the ureters to the bladder, and expelled with the urine. Synonym

Urine: Fluid containing various wastes that is produced in the kidney and excreted from the bladder.

Urethra: A narrow tube that transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. In males, it also conducts sperm and semen to the outside.

Lungfish: A type of lobe-finned fish that breathe by a modified swim bladder (or lung) as well as by gills.

Cholecystokinin: A hormone secreted in the duodenum that causes the gallbladder to release bile and the pancreas to secrete lipase.