The gallbladder is a type of accessory organ that works in the digestive system, it is connected to the liver and pancreas through the common bile duct, it is a hollow organ, small in size and oval in shape, its walls have mucosal-type structures, serous as well as muscular.
It is located in the right hypochondrium below the liver and above the pancreas, its function is simple is to store the bile synthesized by the liver and release it in the digestion process when it is necessary at the level of the small intestine, specifically in the duodenum, bile is greenish in color and is made from bilirubin (which comes from the destruction of red blood cells in the liver) plays a leading role in the digestion of fats since it emulsifies lipids, facilitating their digestion and finally their absorption.
The pathologies that affect the gallbladder are directly caused by an obstacle in the flow of bile, as it usually happens in the formation of gallstones, the stones are the conglomerates of hardened bile that adhere or adhere to the walls of the gallbladder. bile ducts obstructing or blocking the flow in the excretion of bile to the small intestine, remembering that the duct used for bile is the common bile duct (previously mentioned) the formation of gallstones can also affect the passage of digestive enzymessecreted by the pancreas, thus hindering the absorption of food in the duodenum (portion of the small intestine). This obstruction can be removed with medication or with surgical measures.
