GallBladder 

Gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that stores and releases bile. Bile is a fluid produced by the liver that helps digest the fats in food. It is located in the upper right part of our abdomen under the liver.

Structure of Gall Bladder

• Sits in an indenture underneath the right lobe of the liver. 
• About one inch wide and three inches long.
• Tapered at one end where it connects the cystic duct.
• Muscular organs.
• Contracts when bile is needed, and forces the enzyme through the cystic duct.

Functions of Gall Bladder

• Stores Bile and is released into the duodenum when required.
• Absorption of water, and concentration of bile.
• The normal gall bladder also absorbs small amounts of a loose bile salt cholesterol compound.

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