GALL BLADDER

small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile. It is connected to the liver (which produces the bile) by the hepatic duct. When food containing fat reaches the small intestine, the hormone cholecystokinin is produced by cells in the intestinal wall and carried to the gall bladder via the bloodstream. The hormone causes the gall bladder to contract, forcing bile into the common bile duct. A valve, which opens only when food is present in the intestine, allows bile to flow from the common bile duct into the duodenum where it functions in the process of fat digestion. Sometimes the substances contained in bile crystallize in the gall bladder, forming gallstones. These small, hard concretions are more common in persons over 40, especially in women and the obese. They can cause inflammation of the gall bladder, a disorder that produces symptoms similar to those of indigestion, especially after a fatty meal is consumed. If a stone becomes lodged in the bile duct, it produces severe pain. Gallstones may pass out of the body spontaneously; however, serious blockage is treated by removing the gall bladder surgically.

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1.
Living Resources of the Sea: Opportunities for Research and Expansion
Book by Lionel A. Walford; Ronald Press, 1958
Subjects: Marine Biology, Marine Resources--Research, Oceanography--Research
...silverside Letotheca hepseti Gall bladder Bairdiella chrysura , silver perch...clupeidae Muscle Ceratomyxa sphaerulosa Gall bladder Clupea pilchardus , sardine Ceratomyxa truncata Gall bladder Sphaeromyxa balbianii Gall bladder...
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The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists
Book by Giovanni Maciocia; Churchill Livingstone, 1989
Subjects: Acupuncturists, Herbalists, Medicine, Chinese--Philosophy
...stores a refined substance, the Gall Bladder resembles a Yin organ.On a psychological...wastes. Excretion of bile by the Gall Bladder is an expression of the Livers...ability of planning ones life, the Gall Bladder controls the capacity to make decisions...
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Health and Medicine under Capitalism: Korean Immigrants in Australia
Book by Gil Soo Han; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000
Subjects: Immigrants--Health And Hygiene--Australia, Koreans--Health And Hygiene--Australia
...the powder of cows gall blad- dear stone is...to purchase the gall bladders. How- ever, only...stone in their gall bladders. This implies that...item is wild- pig gall bladder. Fellow Koreans take...abattoir. He collects the gall bladders before the meat is professionally...that wild-pig gall bladder is particularly good...
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Biology in Human Affairs
Book by Edward M. East, Walter V. Bingham, Hugh S. Cumming, Donald F. Jones, E. Kennerly Marshall Jr., Elmer V. McCollum, Morris Fishbein, Howard M. Parshley, Frank H. Hankins, Arthur M. Stimson, Joseph Jastrow, Lewis M. Terman; Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1931
Subjects: Biology, Medicine, Psychology
...physiological functions. So far as the gall bladder is concerned, extensive experimentation...saving human life, since a diseased gall bladder, or one that does not function...organ, or indeed by rupture of the gall bladder itself. There are instances in...
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Dictionary of Bio-Chemistry and Related Subjects
Book by William Marias Malisoff; Philosophical Library, 1943
Subjects: Biochemistry--Dictionaries
...of cirrhoses of the liver. The Gall Bladder The gall bladder is a pear shaped...The theories for the causation of gall bladder disease are many. Severe inflammation...necrosis and perforation of the gall bladder wall and peritonitis may result...
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Cancer Mortality in Four Northern Wheat-Producing States
Journal article by Dina M. Schreinemachers; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...tongue, esophagus, stomach, liver and gall bladder and bile ducts, pancreas, cervix, ovary, bladder, and other urinary organs, and all cancers...esophagus, stomach, rectum, liver and gall bladder and bile ducts, pancreas, cervix, bladder...
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Repair of DNA Damage Induced by Bile Salts in Salmonella Enterica
Journal article by Ana I. Prieto, Francisco Ramos-Morales, Josep Casadesús; Genetics, Vol. 174, 2006
Subjects: Bacteria, Bile, Bile Acids and Salts, DNA, Bacterial, Gallbladder diseases, Microbiology, Salmonella
...mammalian liver and stored in the gall bladder. The composition of bile is complex...Gunn 2000), and (ii) in the gall bladder, where much higher concentrations...S. enterica serovar Typhi in the gall bladder is characteristic of the asymptomatic...
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Assessing Complex Problem-Solving Skills and Knowledge Assembly Using Web-Based Hypermedia Design
Journal article by Nada Dabbagh; Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Vol. 11, 2002
Subjects: Hypertext, Problem solving, Web site design
...preoperative instruction in which potential gall bladder disease patients learn enough about...informing patients about possible risks of gall bladder surgery and/or alternative...demonstrated physicians explaining gall bladder disease and its treatmen t...
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Evaluation of Fish Models of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition
Journal article by John W. Newman, Debra L. Denton, Christophe Morisseau, Cory S. Koger, Craig E. Wheelock, David E. Hinton, Bruce D. Hammock; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...these high doses, the swim bladders in all exposed larvae failed...suggested alterations of the gall bladder (dilation) and liver (increased...the developing medaka, the gall bladder is a single vacuole...the abdominal cavity. This gall bladder enlargement appeared...
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Our Song: Music Therapy with Couples When One Partner Is Medically Hospitalized
Journal article by Meghan L. Hinman; Music Therapy Perspectives, Vol. 28, 2010
...Greg was hospitalized for a ruptured gall bladder and was in the hospital for just over...Greg commented, "There should be a gall bladder song!" I suggested that they could write their own gall bladder song and initiated a blues...
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Heart May Not Be the Culprit
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, February 1993
Subjects: Chest pain--Diagnosis
...feeling also can come from esophageal or gall bladder inflammation, indicating that these...internal organs such as the esophagus and gall bladder often excites the same spinal...internal organs such as the esophagus and gall bladder are swollen or damaged...
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Flushing out the Shlaki - the Surprising Consolation of Formerly Soviet Medical Care
Magazine article by Jeffrey Tayler; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, January 2001
Subjects: Hospitals, Medical care--Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine
...breakfast . . . You had an infection in your gall bladder at some point. I think we should examine your gall bladder more carefully. Eat coal tablets...test." I had never had an infection in my gall bladder, but her sincerity and soft manner...
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Flushing out the Shlaki: The Surprising Consolation of Formerly Soviet Medical Care
Magazine article by Jeffrey Tayler; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, January 2001
Subjects: Medical care--Russia
...breakfast ... You had an infection in your gall bladder at some point. I think we should examine your gall bladder more carefully. Eat coal tablets...test." I had never had an infection in my gall bladder, but her sincerity and soft manner...
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The Adult with Sickle Cell Disease
Magazine article by F.I.D. Konotey-Ahulu; New African, September 2001
Subjects: Diseases--Genetic aspects, Information services, Medicine, Sickle cell anemia--Genetic aspects
...transfused a few months before. Gall stones can also make jaundice...vessels). Shine a torch into the bladder Ceystoscopy), and one usually...anything wrong until he woke up! GALL STONES: These were mentioned...abdominal pains are frequent, then gall bladder removal in competent...
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Over-the-Counter Wildlife: The Medicinal Trade in Animals and Plants Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Magazine article by Tracey C. Rembert; E, Vol. 8, July 1997
Subjects: Endangered species--International trade, Medicine, Chinese--Environmental aspects, Medicine, Oriental--Environmental aspects
...instead a small, fleshy mass - the animals gall bladder, believed in Asia to have miraculous medical...trade in bear parts, particularly bear gall bladders. Asiatic black bear gall bladder bile, which is extracted and then dried, is...
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Six-Figure Payout after Man's Gall Bladder Op'
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), April 27, 2007
Subjects: Surgeons
Six-Figure Payout after Mans Gall Bladder Op. Byline: By Jackie Bow South...the botched operation to remove his gall bladder left him too ill to work...this difficult period. Dozens of gall bladder removal operations are done...
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NHS PROBE AS SUPERBUG KILLS MUM AFTER GALL BLADDER OP; Exclusive
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 7, 2008
NHS PROBE AS SUPERBUG KILLS MUM AFTER GALL BLADDER OP; Exclusive. Byline: By Natalie Walker A MUM has...catching a superbug while having a routine op to remove her gall bladder. Hairdresser Sandra Bryson, 50, fell ill hours after...
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They Put a Camera in My Belly Button and Blew Me Up like a Balloon
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 8, 2004
...THEA JOURDAN ME AND MY OPERATION GALL BLADDER REMOVAL COLIN OLIFFE, 48, a planningconsultant...of 40. They can move from the gall bladder into the main bile duct and get...risk. I recommended he have his gall bladder removed completely. Most gall...
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Life Was Hard Enough for Amy's Dad. Then He Was Almost Killed by Gallstones; Mitch Winehouse Tells How the Years Spent Protecting His Troubled Daughter Took Their Toll on His Own Wellbeing
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 21, 2010
...having emergency surgery to have his gall bladder removed. By the time he took action...I can eat normally without my gall bladder, but the memory of the pain is...and keeping my weight down. The gall bladder is a small, pearshaped, pouch...
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Life Was Hard Enough for Amy's Dad. Then He Was Almost Killed by Gallstones; Mitch Winehouse Tells How the Years Spent Protecting His Troubled Daughter Took Their Toll on His Own Wellbeing
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 23, 2010
Subjects: Gallstones--Health aspects, Medical errors--Health aspects, Music industry--Health aspects, Singers--Health aspects
...having emergency surgery to have his gall bladder removed. By the time he took action...I can eat normally without my gall bladder, but the memory of the pain is...and keeping my weight down. The gall bladder is a small, pearshaped, pouch...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gall Bladder  - 15 results

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Gall Bladder
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GALL BLADDER small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates...produced by cells in the intestinal wall and carried to the gall bladder via the bloodstream. The hormone causes the gall bladder to contract, forcing bile into the common bile...
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Colic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hollow organs, e.g., the stomach, intestine, gall bladder, ureter, or oviduct. The cause of colic is irritation...irritant and/or obstruction may be a stone (as in the gall bladder or ureter), an irritant food or gas (in the stomach...
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Bile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in man, by the liver. Bile, or gall, is composed of water, bile acids...salts. In man it is stored in the gall bladder and, in response to the action of...bile is impeded by inflammation, gall stones, or other abnormality, digestive...
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Abdomen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with a thin membrane, the peritoneum, which encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, and gall bladder; the pancreas, kidneys, and urinary bladder are located behind the peritoneum. The abdomen of the female also contains the ovaries, fallopian...
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Liver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cells of the liver. One of the livers major functions is the manufacture and secretion of bile , which is stored in the gall bladder and released in the small intestine. Bile salts emulsify fats, a process that prepares the latter for digestion by...
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