The gallbladder is situated under the left upper quadrant
of the liver in the abdominal cavity. The chief function is to store bile that was
synthesized in the liver. Bile is necessary to help emulsify and digest fats. When you
eat a meal that has a high fat (lipid) content bile is secreted through the cystic duct
and common bile duct into the duodenum (first part of the small intestine, small bowel).
Enzymes like CCK (cholecystokinin) help the gallbladder to contract and release its
contents. In the duodenum bile breaks apart the lipid chain molecules which assists in
the digestion of those fats.
People with gallbladder
disease have to have it surgically removed, a procedure called a cholecystectomy. This
can be done laproscopically or through open laparotomy.
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