{"id":10375,"date":"2020-03-01T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2023-09-20T07:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T07:42:56","slug":"gall-bladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/gall-bladder\/","title":{"rendered":"Gall bladder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion. Also called cholecyst, cholecystis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A sac situated underneath the liver, in which bile produced by the liver is stored.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A pear-shaped sac (7-10 cm long), lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored. Bile passes (via the hepatic duct) to the gall bladder from the liver, where it is formed, and is released into the duodenum (through the common bile duct) under the influence of the hormone &#8216;cholecystokinin, which is secreted when food is present in the duodenum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-63\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A roughly four-inch-long, pear-shaped organ located beneath the liver, in the upper right part of the abdomen. Its primary function is to serve as a storage reservoir for the bile produced by the liver.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion. Also called cholecyst, cholecystis. A sac situated underneath the liver, in which bile produced by the liver is stored. 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