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What is attached to the inferior surface of the liver?
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gallbladder
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Where is bile stored and when is it used?
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gallbladder produced by the liver :) stores it until it is needed for digestion
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What does bile do?
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Break down fat!
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What is another name for gallstones, how are they formed, and when are they painful?
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cholelithiasis, formed from condensations of either cholesterol or calcium and bile salts. painful when the gallstone becomes lodged in the neck of the cystic duct in the gall bladder causing it to inflame and dilate
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What are all the ducts that lead from the liver, gall bladder, and the pancreas that lead to the small intestine?
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liver: 2 hepatic ducts lead to the common bile duct lead to hepatopancreatic ampula leads to major duodenal papilla
Gall Bladder: Cystic duct to common bile duct to hepatopancreatic ampula to major duodenal papilla Pancreas: pancreatic duct to hepatopancreatic ampulla to major duodenal papilla |
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what connects the gallbladder to the common bile duct?
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cystic duct
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