Gallbladder disease is cholecystopathy.Gallstones can form in the gallbladder and can create a blockage of the bile duct. This blockage can cause a sharp gnawing pain under the lower right ribs that can last for an hour or more.Your doctor will have an Ultrasound done to determine whether or not you have gallstones. If these gallbladder attacks occur again, the usaul procedure is to have them surgically removed. The body gets along just fine without the presence of the gallbladder.
The common bile duct is the structure that empties bile into the duodenum. It combines bile from the liver and gallbladder and carries it to the duodenum to aid in digestion.
The duct that transports bile from the gallbladder to the common bile duct is called the cystic duct. It is a small tube that connects the gallbladder to the common bile duct, allowing bile produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder to flow into the small intestine for digestion.
The common bile duct is formed by the union of the cystic duct (which carries bile from the gallbladder) and the common hepatic duct (which carries bile from the liver).
common bile duct
Choledochotomy is the medical term meaning surgical incision into the common bile duct.
The medical terminology combining form for the common bile duct is "choledoch/o."
The term for bile not flowing is cholestasischolestatic
vomiting bile
The stones are called Cholesterol stones (made from cholesterol-green/yellow color) or pigmented stones (which are made from bilirubin- blackish tarry color)
anastomosis
Pertaining to bile or the bile ducts.
The medical root word 'chole' refers to the bile. Note that 'chole' plus 'cyst', meaning bladder, equals gallbladder; 'chole' plus 'doch', meaning duct, equals choledocho or common bile duct..
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This procedure is known as a Choledochojejunostomy
A cholangiogram is an imaging record of the bile vessels.