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| Trigone of urinary bladder | |
|---|---|
 Urinary bladder | |
 The interior of bladder. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | trigonum vesicae urinariae |
| TA98 | A08.3.01.024 |
| TA2 | 3421 |
| FMA | 15910 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The trigone (also known as the vesical trigone)[1] is a smooth triangular region of the internal urinary bladder formed by the two ureteric orifices and the internal urethral meatus.
The area is very sensitive to expansion and once stretched to a certain degree, the urinary bladder signals the brain of its need to empty. The signals become stronger as the bladder continues to fill.
Embryologically, the trigone of the bladder is derived from the caudal end of mesonephric ducts, which is of mesodermal origin (the rest of the bladder is endodermal). In the female the mesonephric ducts regress, causing the trigone to be less prominent, but still present.
