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The urinary bladder and ureters are lined with transitional epithelium. This tissue allows the bladder to stretch when full and contract when empty. It looks like cuboidal epithelium when the bladder is contracted, and like stratified epithelium when distended.
The urinary and digestive systems are not connected in a single lumen. The digestive system ends with the anus.
Simple squamous cells in the lumen of the urethra provide a protective lining for the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the exterior of the body.
The medical term for a triple lumen catheter used post-transurethral resection of the prostate is a three-way catheter. This type of catheter is used to help with bladder irrigation, drainage, and instillation of medication following the procedure.
Yes, a shark has a gall bladder. It is green in colour as the gallbladder stores bile in its lumen. Bile is used to blend fats during digestion. The gall bladder is attached to the liver.
Lumen
Double-lumen PICC lines come in two colors. Red is the blood access lumen or arterial lumen and blue is the blood return lumen or venous lumen. Despite the names, neither lumen is leads to an artery, but both lead into a vein.
The root word for lumen is the Latin word "lumen," which means light.
the lumen is bright
Lumen - band - was created in 1998.
Lumen Eclipse was created in 2005.
Lumen Pierce was created in 2010.