Gall bladder and biliary tree

Question 1

What is Cholelithiasis?

Answer 1

Stone in the gall bladder.

Question 2

What is Cholecystitis?

Answer 2

Inflammation of the gall bladder.

Can be acute or chronic.

Question 3

What is Choledocolithiasis?

Answer 3

Stone in the CBD

Question 4

What is ascending cholangitis?

Answer 4

Inflammation of the biliary ducts.

Question 5

Constituents of bile?

Answer 5

Bile salts, phospholipids, bilirubin, cholesterol, calcium salts, copper