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Gallbladder
Everything you never cared about the gallbladder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gallbladder holds this much bile | 50 cc |
| The gallbladder is this long | 10 - 12 cm in adults |
| What series of ducts connects the gallbladder to the duodenum | from gallbladder to cystic duct to common bile duct to duodenum |
| Besides the cystic duct, what other duct connects to the common bile duct? | The hepatic duct from the liver |
| The common bile duct connects with what other duct to form the ampulla of vater? | The pancreatic duct |
| When is bile released? | When food containing fat is eaten and enters the digestive tract |
| What secretion in the small intestine causes the release of bile? | Cholecystokinin is released when fatty foods are entered into the small intestine, which causes bile to be released. |
| When bile is stored in the gallbladder, it becomes more concentrated than | the bile that is just released by the liver |
| cholestasis is what? | Where bile is blocked from releasing into the small intestine |
| What two things can cause cholestasis? | Gallstones or malignancy |
| cholestasis can cause what? | Jaundice due to an elevated bilirubin level |
| What are some s/s of cholestasis? | Biliary pain, px in shoulders, back, vomiting, diarrhea, onset after eating fatty foods. |
| What percent of peeps get gallstones? | 25 percent |
| What is cholecystitis? | Inflammation of the gallbladder, caused by an obstruction in the cystic duct or common bile duct usually from gallstones |
| What is gallstone illeus? | When large stones pass into the bowel, and cause obstructions in narrow points, such as the illeocecal valve or the treitz ligament |
| Cancer of the gallbladder kills how many peeps? | 90 percent of patients with the disease, although it is rare |
| What contributes to gallbladder cancer? | Alcohol, cigarettes, estrogen, and obesity |
| What can indicate gallbladder cancer? | Polyps of the gallbladder |
| What size gallbladder polyp poses little risk? | <10mm |
| What size polyp pozes a great risk for cancer in the gallbladder | >15mm |
| What artery feeds the gallbladder? | Cystic artery, which branches off the hepatic artery |
| What vein drains the gallbladder? | Cystic vein |
| What nerve feeds the gallbladder? | The celiac ganglion portion of the Vagus |
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