Vesical () refers to the

urinary bladder The bladder () is a hollow organ in humans and other vertebrates that stores urine from the Kidney (vertebrates), kidneys. In placental mammals, urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra during urination. In humans, the ...

and its relevant and nearby structures and functions, including: * the vesical arteries, which provide the urinary bladder with oxygenated blood **

Superior vesical artery The superior vesical artery supplies numerous branches to the upper part of the bladder. This artery often also gives branches to the vas deferens and can provide minor collateral circulation for the testicles. Structure The superior vesical a ...

*** Middle vesical artery **

Inferior vesical artery The inferior vesical artery (or inferior vesical artery) is an artery of the pelvis which arises from the internal iliac artery and supplies parts of the urinary bladder as well as other structures of the urinary system and structures of the male ...

* the

vesical venous plexus The vesical venous plexus is a venous plexus situated at the fundus of the urinary bladder. It collects venous blood from the urinary bladder in both sexes, from the accessory sex glands in males, and from the corpora cavernosa of clitoris in fem ...

, the network of veins that collects deoxygenated blood from the urinary bladder * the

vesical veins The vesical veins are veins in the pelvis that drain blood from the urinary bladder. The vesical veins receive blood from the vesical venous plexus and are tributaries of the internal iliac vein The internal iliac vein (hypogastric vein) begins ...

, tributaries of the internal iliac veins, which drain the vesical venous plexus * the

vesical nervous plexus The vesical nervous plexus arises from the forepart of the pelvic plexus. The nerves composing it are numerous, and contain a large proportion of spinal nerve fibers. They accompany the vesicle arteries, and are distributed to the sides and fund ...

, a nerve network in the anterior pelvis * the

vesico-uterine pouch In human female anatomy, the vesicouterine pouch, also uterovesicle pouch, is a fold of peritoneum over the uterus and the bladder. Like the rectouterine pouch, it is a female pelvic recess, but shallower and closer to the anterior fornix of the ...

(or vesico-uterine excavation), a sac in the female pelvis in between the uterus and the urinary bladder *

Vesical tenesmus Vesical tenesmus refers to the feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder following urination. When the word tenesmus is used without modification, it usually refers to rectal tenesmus. Vesical tenesmus is caused by urogenital diaphragm muscle ...

, difficulty urinating

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