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Gallbladder

"Gallbladder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2006 and 2013 and 2014 and 2016 and 2017
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