loading...| Preferred Name | gall bladder | |
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vesica fellea vesica biliaris gallbladder gall bladder |
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| Definitions |
An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP]. 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) |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002110 |
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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) |
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| database cross reference |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12377 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181269000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0016976 MA:0000356 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVkGr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA MAT:0000072 ZFA:0000208 EMAPA:17202 CALOHA:TS-0394 EHDAA:8062 MESH:D005704 galen:Gallbladder XAO:0000135 BTO:0000493 EHDAA2:0000699 EFO:0000853 EV:0100090 AAO:0010114 TAO:0000208 MIAA:0000072 VHOG:0000221 FMA:7202 UMLS:C0016976 |
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| definition |
An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP]. |
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| depiction |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/GallbladderAnatomy-en.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Abdomal_organs.svg |
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| 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] |
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gallbladder gall bladder |
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| has_related_synonym |
vesica fellea vesica biliaris |
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| 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] |
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gall bladder |
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UBERON:0002110 |
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gall bladder |
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