The pear-shaped organ located in the right side of the abdomen that stores and releases bile
a muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it until needed for digestion
A small pear shaped pouch adjacent to the liver that secretes bile The gallbladder stores bile which is secreted by the liver and releases bile into the small intestine through the common bile duct
Muscular membranous sac under the liver that stores and concentrates bile. Pear-shaped and expandable, it holds about 1.7 fluid oz (50 ml). Its inner surface absorbs water and inorganic salts from bile, which becomes 5-18 times more concentrated than when it leaves the liver. The gallbladder contracts to discharge bile through the bile duct into the duodenum. Disorders include gallstones and inflammation (cholecystitis). Surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) has no serious side effects