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gall bladder
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002110
Rats do not have a gallbladder, but produce bile. The bile flows directly from the liver through the (hepatic) bile duct into the small intestine (Hebel and Stromberg, 1988)
Term info
Label
gall bladder
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
axiom lost from external ontology
relationship type change: differentiates_from endoderm (AAO:0000139) CHANGED TO: develops_from endoderm (UBERON:0000925)[AAO]
definition
An organ that aids digestion and stores bile produced by the liver[WP].
depicted by
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/GallbladderAnatomy-en.svg, Abdomal:organs.svg
external definition
Membranous muscular sac in which the bile from the liver remains stored until it is required. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG], Organ attached to the liver which stores bile and empties into the duodenum via the bile duct as needed for digestion.[AAO]
has exact synonym
gallbladder, gall bladder
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
vesica biliaris, vesica fellea
homology notes
The presence of a gallbladder appears to be a primitive trait. It is found in most fish and all adult reptiles and amphibians and has been well conserved in mammals, for the most part.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002110
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
never in taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_10114, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8801, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8930