Gall-bladder Definition

noun

(anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.

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Singular:
gall-bladder
Plural:
gall-bladders

Gall-bladder Sentence Examples

  • If the gall-bladder was swollen, it pointed to an extension or enlargement of some kind.

  • To the left of the gall bladder is the quadrate lobe, which is in contact with the pylorus of the stomach.

  • The right and left hepatic ducts, while still in the transverse fissure, unite into a single duct which joins the cystic duct from the gall bladder at an acute angle.

  • The lower (caudal) part of the furrow-like outgrowth remains hollow and forms the gall bladder.

  • In fishes and amphibians the organ consists of right and left lobes, and a gall-bladder is present.

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