What is the function of the gallbladder?

Question

What is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 1

The function of the gallbladder is to store bile and concentrate. Bile is a digestive liquid continually secreted by the liver. The bile emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food. A muscular valve in the common bile duct opens, and the bile flows from the gallbladder into the cystic duct, along the common bile duct, and into the duodenum (part of the small intestine).

Answer 2

Stores bile.

Answer 3

also gall bladder n.

A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion.

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Answer 4

To harbour bile and aid in the digestive process.

Answer 5

Its a bile storage unit basically, it stores bile until its needed... Bile helps break down all the fattening greasy foods we eat... so when you have that big fat juicy hamburger with that basket of fries your Gall Bladder releases the stored bile to help break down the grease and c**p you just ingested... Hope that helps...

Answer 6

The gallbladder  is a small organ whose function in the body is to harbor bile and aid in the digestive process.