Re: pain after gallbladder..S.O. ?

[Guest guest]

barry91162@... writes:

> One fact is that the S.O. is normally in the closed position until

> FOOD will trigger it opening to allow bile to flow out of the ducts

> and gb.

>

Perhaps it's the late hour and perhaps I've missed another message on this

topic, but what is this " S.O. " that's being referred to so many times in this

post?

rachel~ (knowing that I might wake up in the morning and realize that it's a

very obviously thing!!)

" Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right " - Henry Ford

[Guest guest]

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The S.O. I was referring to is the Sphincter of Oddi. You can go back

and read the post again and page down to Dale's letter first. It is

very interesting. Since you are terribly busy with the tons of email

since your vacation (haha) I will tell you alittle about the S.O.

First of all, it's the muscle at the end of the common duct that

opens and closes the pathway into the gastrointestinal area. Intake

of food will create a hormonal response to open this normally in the

closed position muscle. Dale and I were talking about the signals

that open this muscle (valve) and how it would relate to the fact

that the gallbladder will fill up with bile between meals. Dale

actually brought this to my attention because I never knew before how

the gallbladder could 'suck' the bile into in as it is passing down

the common duct from the liver. I think the gallbladder also has a

muscle at the mouth which will contract with gallbladder contractions

as well. Even the common duct contracts while it is working. Food

will trigger all of these muscular contractions within the digestive

system, from the throat down to the colon. Amazing system.

In short, the interesting thing was that this Sphincter of Oddi is

like a valve muscle that will close between meals and the bile coming

out of the liver will then backup into and fill the gallbladder. It

will also keep the extra bile within the common duct tract which

would also help to explain why stones form in the ducts. This muscle

being weak or malfunctioning could cause a lot of simular problems

related to gallstones. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of those.

Interesting research. Dale knows a lot more about it than what I have

learned. Maybe he could answer more questions about it for you.

The original origin of conversation was about signaling that goes on

between all of these organs and muscles. Bile regulation in other

terms.

Barry.

> barry91162@y... writes:

> > One fact is that the S.O. is normally in the closed position

until

> > FOOD will trigger it opening to allow bile to flow out of the

ducts

> > and gb.

> >

>

> Perhaps it's the late hour and perhaps I've missed another message

on this

> topic, but what is this " S.O. " that's being referred to so many

times in this

> post?

>

> rachel~ (knowing that I might wake up in the morning and realize

that it's a

> very obviously thing!!)

>

> " Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right " -

Henry Ford

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The fact that this Sphincter of Oddi is a vital muscle in the

digestive tract was news to me also. Thanks to Dale's accumalated

research and knowledge on this 'other part' of the liver, gb, duct,

intestinal system we have something more to research and understand

about the problems that we each have. I also never knew there was

even a muscle that closed and caused the bile to collect in the

gallbladder. Makes perfect sense and helps us to understand how the

gb fills up with bile before it then releases the bile.

Barry.

> barry91162@y... writes:

> > The S.O. I was referring to is the Sphincter of Oddi. You can go

back

> > and read the post again and page down to Dale's letter first. It

is

> > very interesting.

>

> Thanks for the detailed explanation, Barry. I did page down (your

email

> itself was fairly lengthy) and kept seeing the " S.O. " so many times

I gave up

> and didn't keep paging to the end. I'll remember next time to keep

looking.

> I surely never would have come up with Sphincter of Oddi on my

own, that's

> for sure!!

>

> You guys have some interesting discussions!

>

> rachel~

> " Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right " -

Henry Ford

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