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Noun Concept
Categories: Animal anatomy, Gallbladder, Abdomen, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Organs (anatomy)
EN
gallbladder  gall bladder  Bile sac  biliary vesicle  Body of gallbladder
EN
A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion WordNet 3.0
English:
Chinese medicine
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A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine. Wikipedia
Pear-shaped organ that stores bile, releasing it when the body needs it for digestion. OmegaWiki
A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum. Wiktionary
Pear-shaped organ that stores bile. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
bladder
PART OF
thorax
nutriment
alimentary canal
intestine
viscera
+3 relations
ANATOMICAL LOCATION
abdominal cavity
ARTERIAL SUPPLY
cystic artery
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
FOLLOWS
foregut
INNERVATES
vagus
celiac ganglia
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
Gallbladder
VENOUS DRAINAGE
cystic vein
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
gallbladder, gall bladder
Wikipedia
EN
gallbladder
Wikidata
EN
gallbladder
Wiktionary
EN
gall bladder
OmegaWiki
EN
gallbladder
Wikipedia Redirections
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Bile sac, Biliary Vesicle, Body of gallbladder, cholecyst, Collum vesicae, Collum vesicae biliaris, Corpus vesicae biliaris, fundus of gallbladder, fundus of the gallbladder, Fundus vesicae biliaris, Gal bladder, Gal blader, galbladder, Galblader, gall-bladder, gall bladder, Gall bladders, Gall blader, Gallbladder (Chinese medicine), gallbladder fundus, gallbladders, gallblader, Gullbladder, Hartmann's pouch, Hartmann's pouches, Hartmanns pouch, Hartmanns pouches, Hartmann’s pouch, Neck of gallbladder, neck of the gallbladder, Vesica biliaris, Vesica fellea
Wikidata Alias
EN
biliary vesicle, cholecyst, gall bladder, Gall bladder

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