AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -About 50% of the bile produced by the liver is first stored in the gallbladder. This is a pear-shaped organ located directly below the liver. Then, when food is eaten, the gallbladder contracts and releases stored bile into the duodenum to help break down the fats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The gallbladder is a small organ that stores bile. It is attached to your digestive system by a system of hollow ducts called the biliary tree.

Detailed explanation-3: -The liver produces bile, a solution that helps you digest fats. Gallbladder. The gallbladder stores bile. As fatty food enters the upper portion of your small intestine (the duodenum), the gallbladder squeezes bile into the small intestine through the bile ducts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gallbladder emptying produced by a meal or exogenous cholecystokinin occurs as a slow steady contraction, which delivers bile into the duodenum for 20 minutes or longer while generating an intraluminal gallbladder pressure that is generally only a few centimeters of water more than that in the common bile duct.

Detailed explanation-5: -Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that stores and releases bile. Bile is the fluid your liver produces that helps digest fats in the food you eat.