Gall Bladder (21-22)

Question 1

The Gall Bladder lies on

Answer 1

the visceral surface of the liver

Question 2

The Gall Bladder stores

Answer 2

and concentrates bile that is produced in the liver

Question 3

When you eat, the Gall Bladder

Answer 3

releases bile into the duodenum to aid digestion by breaking down fat

Question 4

The Gall Bladder has

Answer 4

a fundus, body and neck

Question 5

The epithelium of the mucosa is

Answer 5

Simple columnar with microvilli to allow absorption of water (and concentration of the bile) into capillaries in the lamina propria

Question 6

Cystic duct carries the

Answer 6

unconcentrated bile from the common hepatic duct into the Gall Bladder and the concentrated bile out of the Gall Bladder into the bile duct

Question 7

The bile duct joins the

Answer 7

main pancreatic duct from the pancreas and opens into the descending part of the duodenum through the major duodenal papilla, an elevation located on the luminal (interior) surface of the duodenum