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Gall Bladder - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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The gallbladder stores bile produced in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]. Bile is important in the digestion of lipids.
The gallbladder stores bile produced in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]. Bile is important in the digestion of lipids.
The gallbladder forms as an outgrowth of the bile duct, as a secondary hollow at the posterior edge of the original hepatic rudiment. The gallbladder and the cyctic duct joins the common bile duct which enters the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]] at the major duodenal papillae (with the pancreatic duct) ont he dorsal surface of the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]]
==Structure==
==Structure==