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

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 Duellman, William E.

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 Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

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