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Gallbladder

Medical Definition: A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM, for degradation of dietary lipid.
Guide Notes: /surg: consider also CHOLECYSTECTOMY & CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; calculi = GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; inflammation = CHOLECYSTITIS

Gallbladder Medical Definitions and Terms

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