One of the leading indications for abdominal ultrasound examination is the need for diagnostic assessment of biliary system - gall bag and bile ducts.
Application of modern Ultrasonology in bile bag and bile ducts diseases reveals and identifies major congenital anomalies, acute or chronic inflammation of the gall bladder, benign or malignant tumors, and usually - gallstone.
Gall bladder is of elongated pouch of pear-like shape, located in the lower side of the liver, where bile is concentrated and “stored ". Bile is a fluid produced by liver cells and is necessary for the process of digesting food in the small intestine. Through the liver bile ducts and bile ducts outside the liver it flows in the small intestine and in the time between meals it is collected in the gallbladder. After taking a meal gallbladder shrinks, thus pushing the content to the main bile duct (ductus choledochus), which flows in the initial part of the small intestine – duodenum. The strongest stimulus for gall bladder contraction provides eggs and foods rich in fat.
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