Gall Bladder

Question 1

capacity of gall bladder

Answer 1

20-50mL

Question 2

50% of hepatic bile flow enter gall bladder during what phase

Answer 2

interdigestive phase

Question 3

what does gall bladder do to bile to make it more effective at its digestive functions

Answer 3

concentrates it

Question 4

what does gall bladder do to protect its lining epithelium

Answer 4

secrete mucins and H+ to neutralize alkaline bile

Question 5

signal for gall bladder contraction comes from

Answer 5

CCK release

Question 6

what does CCK release do

Answer 6

relaxes the sphincter of oddi - allows pancreatic and biliary secretion to enter the duodenum and digest the meal

Question 7

bilirubin comes from

Answer 7

breakdown of hemoglobin from RBCs

Question 8

how does one get jaundice

Answer 8

free or conjugated bilirubin exceeding 2mg/dL in the plasma

Question 9

how does one get jaundice

Answer 9

free or conjugated bilirubin exceeding 2mg/dL in the plasma

Question 10

how does one get a build up of free bilirubin in the plasma

Answer 10

excessive production of bilirubin failure of hepatocytes to take up bilirubin bilirubin not bound by albumin due to loss of albumin

Question 11

how does one get a build up of conjugated bilirubin in the plasma

Answer 11

bile duct is obstructed liver does not adequately secrete conjugated bilirubin

Question 13

fill it in

Answer 13