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Is it safe to remove the gallbladder from a person with cirrosys of the liver?
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Explain why a person without a gallbladder is unable to digest fats as efficiently as someone who has a gallbladder?
Because of the liver
What are the four accessory organs of digestion?
salivary gland, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
Is bile stored in the liver or the gallbladder?
Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Why is it okay to remove the gallbladder?
The gallbladder is a small sac underneath your liver that stores and secretes bile, a digestive fluid that breaks down fats. Since bile is actually produced by the liver, it's possible to survive without a gallbladder, but not without unpleasant digestive tract complications.
What is the relationship between the liver and the gallbladder?
the liver produces bile and the gallbladder stores and releases it for digestion
What are the five accessory organs of the gastrointestinal system?
Accessory organs include the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas and .
What will happen to a person whose gallbladder does not release the bile?
This is bile duct obstruction. Bile accumulates in the gallbladder and it will eventually get full. One of the job's of the liver is to transport billirubin (a waste product) to the gallbladder for excretion, but if the gallbladder is backed up, then billirubin will leak into the circulation, and the person will get jaundice. The person might also have trouble digesting fats and lipids.
The gallbladder is connected to the liver and the what?
duodenum
What do the bile do?
The liver to the gallbladder and intestine
Under which lobe of the liver is the gallbladder located?
Well, the gallbladder is attached to the liver via the hepatic duct. www.undergradanatomy.com/.../liver/default.asp
What is the organ on the right side of the body?
The person's right - lung, skin, liver, gallbladder, kidney. Your right - heart, lung, kidney, partial liver, pancreas.
What stores and secretes bile into the small intestine?
The liver secretes bile. The gallbladder stores it and sends it to the small intestine.
