Concept information
Preferred term
Gallbladder
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- /surg: consider also CHOLECYSTECTOMY & CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; calculi = GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; inflammation = CHOLECYSTITIS
Scope note
- 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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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vesica biliaris
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vesica fellea
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005704
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