You have selected the view in English
Descriptor English: | Gallbladder |
Descriptor Spanish: | Vesícula Biliar |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Vesícula Biliar |
Descriptor French: | Vésicule biliaire |
Entry term(s): |
Gallbladders |
Tree number(s): |
A03.159.439 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005704 |
Scope note: | 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. |
Annotation: | /surg: consider also CHOLECYSTECTOMY & CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; calculi = GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; inflammation = CHOLECYSTITIS |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CH chemistry CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology IN injuries IR innervation ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery TR transplantation UL ultrastructure VI virology |
Consider Also: | consider also terms at CHOLECYST- |
Related: |
Cholecystectomy
MeSH Cholecystography MeSH Cholecystostomy MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 5843 |
Unique ID: | D005704 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2016/08/09 |
Gallbladder
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0008957 |
Scope note | 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. |
Preferred term | Gallbladder |
Entry term(s) |
Gallbladders |
We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website
We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.
Go to survey