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| serves as a reservoir for bile that is drained from the hepatic ducts in the liver |
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| consist of the right and left hepatic ducts, the common hepatic duct, the common bile duct, the pear-shaped GB, and the cystic duct |
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| small opening in the duodenum in which the pancreatic and common bile duct enter to release secretions |
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| yellow pigment in bile formed by the breakdown of red blood cells |
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| extends from the point where the common hepatic duct meets the cystic duct; drains into the duodenum after it joins with the main pancreatic duct |
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| refers to common bile and hepatic ducts when cystic duct is not seen |
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| bile duct system that drains the liver into the common bile duct |
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| connect the GB to the common hepatic duct |
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| small part of the GB that lies near the cystic duct where stones may collect |
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| tiny valves found within the cystic duct |
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| massive enlargement of the GB |
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| travels horizontally through the pancreas to join the common bile duct at the ampulla of Vater |
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| GB variant in which part of the fundus is bent back on itself |
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| central area of the liver where the portal vein, common duct, and hepatic artery enter |
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| small muscele that guards the ampulla of Vater |
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| small polypoid projections from the gallbladder wall. does not move with positions, comet tail artifact |
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| inflammation of the bile duct |
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| inflammation of the gall bladder, may be acute of chronic. elevated serum amylase, abnormal LFTS. Sono: dilation and rounding of GB, + Murphys , thick GB wall w irregular wall , stones, pericholecsytic fluid |
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| hormone secreted into the blood by the mucosa of the upper small intestine; stimulates contraction of the GB and pacreatic secretion of enzymes |
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| cystic growth on the common duct that may cause obstruction |
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| stones in the bile duct; check bilirubin levels, acute elevated amylase, abnormal LFT, increased alkaline phosphatate,AST/ALT MAY be normal; sono: dilated GB w thick wall, hyperechoic w posterior shadowing, WES sign, gravity dependent calcifications in GB |
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| variant of adenomyomatosis; cholesterol polyps |
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| excessive bilirubin accumulation causes yellow pigmentation of the skin; first seen in the whites of the eyes |
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| small septum within the gallbladder, usually arising from the posterior wall |
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| cancer at the bifurcation of the hepatic ducts; may cause asymmetrical obstruction of the biliary tree |
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| positive sign implies exquisite tenderness over the area of the GB upon palpation |
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| small, well-defined soft tissue projection from the GB wall |
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| low-level echoes found along the posterior margin of the Gb, move with change in postition |
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| wall echo shadow sign (WES) |
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| sonographic pattern found when the GB is packed with stones |
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| the common hepatic duct is joined by the cystic duct to form the |
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| the main pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct, and together they open through a small ampulla called |
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| the ampulla of Vater, into the duodenal wall |
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| the end parts of the common bile duct and main pancreatic duct and the ampulla are surrounded by circular muscle fibers known as |
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| the arterial supply of the GB is from what artery , which is a branch of the right hepatic artery |
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| what stimulates the liver to make more bile from the small intestine |
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| what are the two primary functions of the extrahepatic biliary tract |
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| transportation of bile from the liver to intestines and regulation of its flow |
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| bile is the principal medium for excretion of ; |
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| what is the most classic symptom of GB disease |
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| RUQ pain, usually occurring after ingestion of greasy foods |
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| where might someone have pain from a GB attack |
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| what is the normal wall thickness of the gallbladder |
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| fat , forty, female, fertile and fair |
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| a hyperplastic change in the gallbladder wall is |
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| An important function of liver is secrete bile approximately how much in one day |
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| 1-2 liters of bile in one day |
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