The bladder end of the catheter has a balloon filled with water to help keep it in place. At the other end, outside your body, a drainage bag collects your urine.

Bladder: This muscular, balloon-shaped organ can hold about 2 cups of liquid before it needs to empty. Urethra: This small tube connects the bladder to the outside and allows urine to exit the body.

The balloon is supposed to be inflated when the tip of the catheter is safely inserted into the bladder. Inflating the balloon in the urethra is very dangerous.

Looking through a microscope, it resembles a water balloon. Or a piece of glass art. But it's just a so-called bladder cell. If you wondered what it was for, you wouldn't be the first.

The bladder is a hollow, muscular, balloon-shaped organ. Urine flows out of the bladder, and leaves the body through a tube called the urethra.

The bladder is a balloon-shaped organ that is hollow and muscular. It sits between the hip bones, in the pelvis. A properly functioning bladder acts as a reservoir, holding up to two cups of urine ...

Urinary incontinence or bladder leakage is the loss of control over the bladder causing urine to leak, gush, or flow ...

Q: In two weeks, I am supposed to get Botox injections in my bladder for an overactive bladder (OAB) and my frequent need to urinate at nighttime. Are these injections ...

Dr. Roach: In two weeks, I am supposed to get Botox injections in my bladder for an overactive bladder (OAB) and my frequent need to urinate at nighttime. Are these ...