Surgical anatomy of bladder wall

Urinary bladder is a hollow organ with distensible walls used for temporary storage of urine.

Layers of bladder wall

• Inner lining of the bladder is called the transitional epithelium (urothelium)
• The second layer is a connective tissue layer called the lamina propria
• The third layer is a muscular layer and is termed the muscularis propria
• The outermost layer is the fatty connective tissues