gall bladder is situated beneath the liver in human body.
where is gall bladder situated in human body?
beneath the liver
the gallbladder is a hollow part of the biliary tract that sits just beneath the liver, with the gallbladder body resting in a small depression. it is a small organ where the bile produced by the liver is stored, before being released into the small intestine. bile flows from the liver through the bile ducts and into the gall bladder for storage. the bile is released in response to cholecystokinin (cck) a peptide hormone released from the duodenum. the production of cck (by endocrine cells of the duodenum) is stimulated by the presence of fat in the duodenum.
human digestive system
bullet::::- gall bladder disease which may be caused by inflammation, infection, gallstones, obstruction of the gallbladder or torsion of the gall bladder – many of the symptoms of gall bladder disease may mimic anorexia nervosa (an). laura daly, a woman from missouri, suffered from an inherited disorder in which the gall bladder was not properly attached; the resultant complications led to multiple erroneous diagnoses of an. upon performance of a cck test, standard imaging techniques are done with the patient lying prone, in this instance it was done with the patient in an upright position. the gall bladder was shown to be in an abnormal position having flipped over the liver. the gallbladder was removed and the patient has since recovered. the treatment was performed by william p. smedley in pennsylvania.
anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses)