NUR 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Common Bile Duct, Cystic Duct, Bilirubin
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When you put all of this together you get: a membranous sac that contains bile is inflamed. Therefore, cholecystitis is the inflammation of the gallbladder. It"s a dark green organ that is rotund in shaped. Some may say that it sort of looks like a little green pear. The gallbladder is found under the liver on the right side of the body, which is very convenient since the liver and gallbladder are connected to each other and work together. Bile is greenish brownish substance and is created by the liver and travels to the gallbladder to be stored and concentrated via the hepatic ducts, which is why the organ is greenish in color. In addition, bile is also a vehicle for helping the body rid itself of bilirubin, which is created from the breakdown of old/worn out red blood cells. Bilirubin is a brownish/orange/yellowish substance and helps give our stool its brown color.
