distensible
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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 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 darkened and distensible throat pouch of the adult male probably is the best available indicator of sexual maturity.
From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Henry S. Fitch
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
The walls of the right ventricle, being thinner than the left, are more distensible, and thus this cavity will contain a greater amount of blood.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
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