gall bladder

NOUN
  1. a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
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How To Use gall bladder In A Sentence

  • Acute cholecystitis may cause the gall bladder to adhere to the adjacent jejunum or duodenum.
  • The single-incision surgery team at SLU Hospital has already performed a number of gastrointestinal procedures, including appendectomies, gall bladder removals and partial colectomies. Newswise: Latest News
  • If these cause symptoms, the gall bladder may need removal - which means another op. The Sun
  • In gall bladder filling after a test meal, V r e s reflects maximum gall bladder volume.
  • The digestion of fat also requires bile salts, delivered to the duodenum in bile from the liver, via the gall bladder.
  • Choledocolithiasis is a relatively frequent problem arising in approximately 15% of patients with stones in the gall bladder.
  • So the bile, or gall, drains from the liver through bile ducts, collects in your gall bladder, and the gall bladder squirts it out on request.
  • A scan showed an abnormal gall bladder. The Sun
  • QI have a recurring burning pain from a scar that is a result of a gall bladder operation 20 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
  • She had an operation to remove a stone from her gall bladder.
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