distensible
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The large lumens and relatively thin walls of veins make them far more distensible than arteries; thus, they are said to be capacitance vessels.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The bladder is a highly distensible organ comprised of irregular crisscrossing bands of smooth muscle collectively called the detrusor muscle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The female bladder is relatively broad and capacious, and is also highly distensible.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
Peter, the snake, loafing contentedly about the carpet, found himself seized by what the Encyclopaedia calls the "distensible gullet" and looked up reproachfully.
From Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Hyla bistincta differs from other members of the group in having vocal slits and a distensible vocal sac.
From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by William E. Duellman
