I believe you mean gallbladder disease.
The gallbladder is a structure on the underside of the liver on the right side of the abdomen. The function of the gallbladder is to store bile that is produced in the liver before the bile is secreted into the intestines. Bile secreted into the intestines helps the body digest fats.
The most common disease is gall stones that block the bile ducts (similar to a kidney stone).
2007-08-27 05:25:44
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answered by jurydoc 7
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The Function of the Gall Bladder
Because fat cannot be dissolved in water, a special system has evolved for its digestion and its absorption through the intestinal wall. Bile is an essential factor in this, since it contains substances that allow fats to be emulsified. It also stimulates the secretion of an enzyme concerned with the breakdown of fats. Bile is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder until needed. When fat is eaten, this stimulates the gallbladder to contract and bile flows down the cystic duct, into the common bile duct and through the ampulla of Vater into the intestine. As well as acting as a storage vessel, the gallbladder concentrates the bile within it by removing water through its wall. Thus, if the gallbladder is removed, although bile still flows into the intestine from the liver, fat digestion may be less efficient because the bile is not concentrated.
2007-08-27 05:25:50
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answered by Me 2
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Gull bladder...
The gallbladder (or cholecyst, sometimes gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ that stores about 50 mL of bile (or "gall") until the body needs it for digestion. The gallbladder is about 7-10 cm long in humans and appears dark green because of its contents (bile), rather than its tissue. It is connected to the liver and the duodenum by the biliary tract. The layers of the gallbladder are as follows:The gallbladder stores about 50 mL of bile (1. 7 US fluid ounces / 1. 8 Imperial fluid ounces), which is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food. After being stored in the gallbladder, the bile becomes more concentrated than when it left the liver, increasing its potency and intensifying its effect on fats. Most digestion occurs in the duodenum. The celiac artery and its branches. Gall bladderTransverse section of gall-bladder. Topography of thoracic and abdominal viscera. Histology of gallbladder. Digestive system diagram showing the bile ductThe portal vein and its tributaries. Cholecystectomy seen through a laparoscopeLiver and gallbladder.The gallbladder stores about 50 mL of bile (1.7 US fluid ounces / 1.8 Imperial fluid ounces), which is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food.After being stored in the gallbladder, the bile becomes more concentrated than when it left the liver, increasing its potency and intensifying its effect on fats. Most digestion occurs in the duodenum.The gallbladder has a simple columnar epithelial lining characterized by recesses called Aschoff's recesses, which are pouches inside the lining.Under the epithelium there is a layer of connective tissue.Beneath the connective tissue is a wall of smooth muscle that contracts in response to cholecystokinin, a peptide hormone secreted by the duodenum.There is essentially no submucosa separating the connective tissue from serosa and adventitia.
2007-08-27 05:27:01
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answered by _cries_ 2
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