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Bladder of a rabbit(empty upper; full below) in cross section
Legend:
1 epithelium
2 smooth muscle
3 connective tissue
English name: Domestic rabbit
Scientific name: Oryctolagus cuniculus
Familia: Leporidae
Classis: Mammalia
Phylum: Chordata (subphylum vertebrata)
Regnum: Animalia
Bladder epithelium can stretch very well. Notice the difference in height between the epithelium (1) of th efull end the empty bladder.