The gallbladder main function is to store bile; this bile is made in the liver and sent through ducts into the gallbladder. The gallbladder stores bile, and has it available when a larger or meal that contains more fat is eaten. The absorption of food, releases a hormone called cholecystokinin, which signals the relaxation of the valve at the end of the bile duct, the relaxation lets the bile enter into the small intestine, it also signals the reduction of the gallbladder which shoots the concentrated liquid bile into the small intestine where it helps breakdown the fats in the meal (Graefer, ...

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