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Descriptor
English
:
Gallbladder
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Vesícula Biliar
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vesícula Biliar
Synonyms
English
:
Gallbladders
Tree Number:
A03.159.439
Definition
English
:
A storage reservoir for BILE secretion.
Gallbladder
allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the
CYSTIC DUCT
to the
DUODENUM
, for degradation of dietary lipid.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/surg: consider also
CHOLECYSTECTOMY
&
CHOLECYSTOSTOMY
;
calculi
=
GALLSTONES
but consider also
CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS
;
inflammation
=
CHOLECYSTITIS
Consider also terms at
English
:
CHOLECYST-
See Related
English
:
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystography
Cholecystostomy
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
5843
Unique Identifier:
D005704
Occurrence in VHL
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