Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 Dale, Maybe this will help y'all. I found it from Dr. Springer's website at myvits.com ____________________________________ > Anatomy and Physiology ( click on image to enlarge ) > > The gallbladder is a small organ, located next to the liver that stores and > concentrates bile. It has a storage capacity of 40-70ml., and by absorption > of water, salts, and electrolytes through the gallbladder mucosa, the bile > becomes between 4-12 times more concentrated than it was in the liver. > > Bile is composed of water, salts, fatty acids, cholesterol, lecithin, > bilirubin, and mucus. The liver makes about one quart daily and whatever isn > ’t sent directly to the duodenum to emulsify fat is diverted to the > gallbladder and stored until needed. > > When fat from a meal reaches the duodenum; cholecystokinin and secretin are > secreted into the circulation. Upon reaching the gallbladder, it causes it > to contract. This contraction plus peristalsis in the small intestine > causes the sphincter of Oddi to relax and the bile then enters the > duodenum. With a fairly fatty meal, the gallbladder can completely empty > within one hour. > > Symptoms of Gallbladder Dysfunction > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 Tishri7@... writes: > Maybe this will help y'all. I found it from Dr. Springer's website at > myvits.com > ____________________________________ > > Anatomy and Physiology ( click on image to enlarge ) > > The gallbladder is a small organ, located next to the liver that stores > and > > concentrates bile. It has a storage capacity of 40-70ml., Dale If you still want me to look for my site, let me know. I figured this one gave you what you were looking for, but if you want more I will try to find where I had found my info. rachel~ " Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right " - Henry Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2002 Report Share Posted April 2, 2002 ; Won't need the site now but thanks anyway. I think there was a missprint on the site you'd seen. 70 ml is either 4.7 tablespoons or 2.3 ounces of liquid measure and 40 ml would be 1.35 ounces of liquid. A cup of liquid in metic measure would be 236.6 milliliters or 16 tablespoons full of liquid. This would be a heck of a lot of consentrated bile if it were anything close to 8 ounces in the gallbladder and was worth 10 times the value of bile direct from the liver. Dale <<<<<<<<<<<< > > Anatomy and Physiology ( click on image to enlarge ) > > The gallbladder is a small organ, located next to the liver that stores > and > > concentrates bile. It has a storage capacity of 40-70ml., Dale If you still want me to look for my site, let me know. I figured this one gave you what you were looking for, but if you want more I will try to find where I had found my info. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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