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

She has made them soft and distensible, so that an apparent physical impossibility could take place, though it is often accompanied by intense suffering.

From Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English by Stanton, Henry

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 Fitch, Henry S.

However, they arbitrarily classed as adults all individuals 22.5 mm. in length or larger, having found individuals this small that showed the darkened and distensible throat pouches characteristic of adult males.

From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Fitch, Henry S.