Vesícula biliar
La vesícula biliar es un saco muscular ubicado debajo del hígado. Se encarga de almacenar y concentrar la bilis producida en el hígado que no se necesita de inmediato para la digestión. La bilis se libera de la vesícula biliar al intestino delgado en respuesta al alimento. El conducto pancreático se une al conducto biliar común en el intestino delgado para agregar enzimas que participan en la digestión.
Revision
Last reviewed 8/17/2011 by Ann Rogers, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Penn State Surgical Weight Loss Program, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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