Urinary Bladder Quiz (Intermediate Level)

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Q1. Which nervous system controls voluntary bladder emptying?

  • Somatic nervous system
  • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Parasympathetic nervous system
  • Enteric nervous system

Q2. What type of muscle is the detrusor muscle?

  • Striated muscle
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Smooth muscle
  • Cardiac muscle

Q3. Which nerve provides parasympathetic innervation to the bladder?

  • Phrenic nerve
  • Pudendal nerve
  • Pelvic splanchnic nerves (S2–S4)
  • Hypogastric nerve

Q4. What is the trigone of the bladder?

  • The detrusor muscle layer
  • A smooth triangular area at the bladder base
  • A ridge on the bladder dome
  • Opening to the urethra in males only

Q5. Which artery primarily supplies blood to the bladder?

  • Renal arteries
  • Testicular or ovarian artery
  • External iliac artery
  • Superior and inferior vesical arteries

Q6. What prevents urine from flowing back into the ureters?

  • External urethral sphincter
  • Trigonum vesicae folds
  • Oblique entry of the ureters into bladder wall
  • Internal urethral sphincter

Q7. Which structure lies anterior to the female urinary bladder?

  • Ovaries
  • Rectum
  • Pubic symphysis
  • Uterus

Q8. Which ligament helps anchor the bladder to the anterior abdominal wall?

  • Suspensory ligament
  • Median umbilical ligament
  • Round ligament
  • Broad ligament

Q9. What type of epithelium lines the urethra in the proximal region?

  • Transitional epithelium
  • Ciliated epithelium
  • Stratified squamous epithelium
  • Columnar epithelium only

Q10. What is the role of the internal urethral sphincter?

  • Involuntary control of urine outflow
  • Initiates urination voluntarily
  • Filters urine from blood
  • Drains urine from kidney to bladder
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