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  2. Gallbladder - Wikipedia

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    The human gallbladder is a hollow grey-blue organ that sits in a shallow depression below the right lobe of the liver. [2] In adults, the gallbladder measures approximately 7 to 10 centimetres (2.8 to 3.9 inches) in length and 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter when fully distended. [3]

  3. Bile duct - Wikipedia

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    The biliary tree (see below) is the whole network of various sized ducts branching through the liver.. The path is as follows: bile canaliculi → canals of Hering → interlobular bile ducts → intrahepatic bile ducts → left and right hepatic ducts merge to form → common hepatic duct exits liver and joins → cystic duct (from gall bladder) forming → common bile duct → joins with ...

  4. Common bile duct - Wikipedia

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    The bile duct is some 6–8 cm long, and normally up to 8 mm in diameter. [4]Its proximal supraduodenal part is situated within the free edge of the lesser omentum.Its middle retroduodenal part is oriented inferiorly and right-ward, and is situated posterior to the first part of the duodenum, and anterior to the inferior vena cava.

  5. Liver - Wikipedia

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    The liver is a dark reddish brown, wedge-shaped organ with two lobes of unequal size and shape. A human liver normally weighs approximately 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) [11] and has a width of about 15 centimetres (6 inches). [12]

  6. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder). Digestion involves the breakdown of food into smaller and smaller components, until they can be absorbed and assimilated into the body.

  7. Alcohol is not good for us. 5 tips to stay safe(r) if you drink

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    We’re quickly learning that alcohol’s effects on the human body are not good, to say the least. There were 2.6 million deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol consumption in 2019, according ...

  8. Cystic duct - Wikipedia

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    The front border of the liver has been lifted up (brown arrow). [ 1 ] The cystic duct is the duct that (typically) joins the gallbladder and the common hepatic duct ; the union of the cystic duct and common hepatic duct forms the bile duct (formerly known as the common bile duct).

  9. This Blob Is the Size of a Grain of Sand. It's the Key to ...

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    A millimeter-sized sea animal could hold clues to the evolution of the human nervous system. While placozoans are simple animals only as big as a grain of sand, the blobs have unique cells that ...