A thin layer of smooth muscle within the bladder lamina propria. [ NCIT:C32207 http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bladderhistology.html ]
Synonyms: muscularis mucosa of urinary bladder
Term information
- NCIT:C32207
- EMAPA:28619
- UMLS:C1511195 (ncithesaurus:Bladder_Muscularis_Mucosa)
- MA:0002490
One study observed that in humans this layer is frequently discontinuous, sparse or sometimes hyperplastic or absent[PMID:3631381]
Term relations
- muscularis mucosa
- urinary bladder smooth muscle
- part of some urinary bladder
- part of some lamina propria of urinary bladder
- part of some mucosa of urinary bladder