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Everything you never cared about the gallbladder

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Gallbladder holds this much bile   50 cc  
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The gallbladder is this long   10 - 12 cm in adults  
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What series of ducts connects the gallbladder to the duodenum   from gallbladder to cystic duct to common bile duct to duodenum  
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Besides the cystic duct, what other duct connects to the common bile duct?   The hepatic duct from the liver  
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The common bile duct connects with what other duct to form the ampulla of vater?   The pancreatic duct  
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When is bile released?   When food containing fat is eaten and enters the digestive tract  
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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.  
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When bile is stored in the gallbladder, it becomes more concentrated than   the bile that is just released by the liver  
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cholestasis is what?   Where bile is blocked from releasing into the small intestine  
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What two things can cause cholestasis?   Gallstones or malignancy  
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cholestasis can cause what?   Jaundice due to an elevated bilirubin level  
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What are some s/s of cholestasis?   Biliary pain, px in shoulders, back, vomiting, diarrhea, onset after eating fatty foods.  
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What percent of peeps get gallstones?   25 percent  
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What is cholecystitis?   Inflammation of the gallbladder, caused by an obstruction in the cystic duct or common bile duct usually from gallstones  
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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  
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Cancer of the gallbladder kills how many peeps?   90 percent of patients with the disease, although it is rare  
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What contributes to gallbladder cancer?   Alcohol, cigarettes, estrogen, and obesity  
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What can indicate gallbladder cancer?   Polyps of the gallbladder  
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What size gallbladder polyp poses little risk?   <10mm  
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What size polyp pozes a great risk for cancer in the gallbladder   >15mm  
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What artery feeds the gallbladder?   Cystic artery, which branches off the hepatic artery  
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What vein drains the gallbladder?   Cystic vein  
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What nerve feeds the gallbladder?   The celiac ganglion portion of the Vagus  
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