A bladder is a kind of 'bag' to hold liquid. We have two: the gall bladder in the liver which stores bile, a liquid used in the digestion of fats, and the urinary bladder, which stores urine until we can conveniently pass it out.
An African elephant's bladder can hold up to 18-26 gallons (70-100 liters) of liquid waste at a time. They have a large bladder capacity to allow them to hold urine for longer periods between bathroom breaks in their natural habitat.
A healthy bladder can hold up to 16 ounces (2 cups) of urine...
It can hold two cups.
The urinary bladder stores liquid waste that is produced by the kidneys before excretion.
About 2 cups.
500 ml
The average sized adult bladder can hold approx. 12 onces (350ml) of fluid before the urge to urinate becomes strong.
Both your bladder and a water balloon hold liquid and can expand to accommodate more fluid. When they are full, they both need to be emptied to prevent bursting.
Both the bladder and a water balloon are flexible, thin-walled structures that can expand and contract to hold a liquid. They are both designed to store and release fluid, with the ability to stretch to accommodate varying volumes of liquid.
The bladder explosion occurs if you hold your urine for more than 7 hours because the urine overfills the bladder. It's like a balloon that gets too much air. The longer you hold, the higher the risk of bladder explosion will be.
"Has the bladder of a camel" is an idomatic expression meaning that the person can drink a large amount of liquid and not need to urinate. To use another idiom, they can "hold it" very well.