Canadian Medical Guide > Anatomy > Digestive System > Biliary Tract > Gallbladder Terms and Definitions
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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