GallBladder

Question 1

Location of gallbladder

Answer 1

right hypochondriac region
- Deep to the hepatic part of the peritoneum

Question 2

3 parts of the gallbladder

Answer 2

1. fundus - most lateral
2. body - in contact with gallbladder fossa
3. neck - infundibulum

Question 3

what is the arterial supply to the gallbladder

Answer 3

cystic artery (from the right hepatic artery)

Question 4

what is the venous drainage to the gallbladder

Answer 4

cystic vein (from the portal veins)

Question 5

innervation of the gallbladder

Answer 5

receives both parasympathetic and sympathetic and sensory

• coeliac plexus = carries sympathetic and sensory
• vagus nerve = carries parasympathetic

Question 6

pathway for bile to gallbladder

Answer 6

1. bile is secreted from hevptacytes
2. drains from lobes of liver by canaliculi, introlobular ducts, collecting ducts
3. common bile duct
4. cystic duct
5. gallbladder
6. common hepatic duct