Gallbladder: digestive system

Liver

The gallbladder is a pear shaped sac that is located in the depression inferior surface is the right lobe of the ..................

fundus, body, neck

The gallbladder consists of a broad ...............B.............., a central .............C................, and a tapering ............................. .

Mucosa

Rugae

Submucosa

Muscularis

Hormonal

Cystic

Visceral peritoneum

Histology of gallbladder

•Has a .................... that consist of simple columnar epithelium arranged in ..................... .

•It lacks a .............................

• the ........................., composed of smooth muscle tissue, contracts upon ............................ stimulation to eject stored bile into the ........................ duct.

• the outer layer is the ...................... .............................

Store and concentrate bile until is it is needed in the small intestine

The functions of the gallbladder are to?

hepatopancreatic ampulla

Common bile duct

When the small intestine is empty, the sphincter of the ............................. ............................. or sphincter of oddi closes; this causes bile to accumulate in the .............................and enter cystic duct and the gallbladder where is it stored.

Cholecystokinin

Hepatopancreatic ampulla

Duodenum

When the food enters the doudenum, the hormone ............................. (CCK) stimulates contractions of the wall of the gallbladder and relaxation of the sphincter of the ............................., this causes bile to flow into the .............................

Cholecystokinin

CCK

Excretory

Digestive

Bile is partially an

............................. product and partially a

............................. secretion

Bile Salts

Emulsification

Cholesterol

Bile pigments

Heme

Brown

Bile has several important components including.

A. .............. ............... play a role in ............................. of fats absorption of the products of fat digestion.

B. .............................

C. .............. ....................., notably bilirubin that is derived from ...............; one of the breakdown products of bilirubin gives feces their normal .................. color.

Too much cholesterol or not enough water.

It causes cholesterol to crystallize and form tiny stones that get caught in the cystic duct.

They can remove gallbladder, but fats may become difficult to digest.

Gallstones can form due to?