An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- MESH:D005704
- EV:0100090
- XAO:0000135
- EHDAA:8062
- CALOHA:TS-0394
- MA:0000356
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder
- BTO:0000493
- TAO:0000208
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0016976
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181269000
- galen:Gallbladder
- MIAA:0000072
- MAT:0000072
- NCIT:C12377
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVkGr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- UMLS:C0016976 (ncithesaurus:Gallbladder)
- FMA:7202
- EFO:0000853
- EMAPA:17202
- EHDAA2:0000699
- ZFA:0000208
- VHOG:0000221
- AAO:0010114
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
axiom lost from external ontology
- relationship type change: differentiates_from endoderm (AAO:0000139) CHANGED TO: develops_from endoderm (UBERON:0000925)[AAO]
comment
- Rats do not have a gallbladder, but produce bile. The bile flows directly from the liver through the (hepatic) bile duct into the small intestine (Hebel and Stromberg, 1988)
definition
- An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP].
depicted by
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/GallbladderAnatomy-en.svg
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Abdomal_organs.svg
external definition
- Membranous muscular sac in which the bile from the liver remains stored until it is required. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
- Organ attached to the liver which stores bile and empties into the duodenum via the bile duct as needed for digestion.[AAO]
has exact synonym
- gallbladder
- gall bladder
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- vesica biliaris
- vesica fellea
homology notes
- The presence of a gallbladder appears to be a primitive trait. It is found in most fish and all adult reptiles and amphibians and has been well conserved in mammals, for the most part.[well established][VHOG]
id
- UBERON:0002110
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