An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder ]
Synonyms: gallbladder gall bladder
Term information
- VHOG:0000221
- EMAPA:17202
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0016976
- XAO:0000135
- BTO:0000493
- MESH:D005704
- NCIT:C12377
- ZFA:0000208
- AAO:0010114
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVkGr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- FMA:7202
- EHDAA:8062
- EHDAA2:0000699
- CALOHA:TS-0394
- TAO:0000208
- MIAA:0000072
- UMLS:C0016976 (ncithesaurus:Gallbladder)
- galen:Gallbladder
- MAT:0000072
- EV:0100090
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181269000
- MA:0000356
- EFO:0000853
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
relationship type change: differentiates_from endoderm (AAO:0000139) CHANGED TO: develops_from endoderm (UBERON:0000925)[AAO]
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)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/GallbladderAnatomy-en.svg
Abdomal:organs.svg
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]
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]
Term relations
- digestive system element
- endoderm-derived structure
- bladder organ
- abdominal viscera
- develops_from some gall bladder primordium
- part of some hepatobiliary system
- contributes to morphology of some biliary tree
- develops_from some biliary bud