Human Anatomy Part 1 - K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiytsev, Yu. B. Chaykovsky 2002

Special Part
Splanchnology, splanchnologia [the study of viscera] — Major Digestive Glands
Topography of the Gallbladder

The Cytology/practical/108.html">Fundus of the Gallbladder projects onto the anterior abdominal wall between the lateral margin of the rectus abdominis Muscle and the right costal margin, which corresponds to the IX costal Cartilage. Relative to THE Vertebral Column, the gallbladder is projected at the level of LI-LII, in high position - at the level of Th XI, and in low position - at the level of LIV. The Inferior surface of the gallbladder is adjacent to the anterior wall of pars superior duodenі; on the right, it is adjacent to the right colic flexure, flexura coli dextra; from above, it is covered by the right lobe of the Liver. The Peritoneum covers the gallbladder unevenly. The fundus of the gallbladder is covered by the peritoneum on all sides, while the body and neck are covered only on three sides (inferiorly and laterally). Cases occur when the gallbladder has an independent mesentery (in its extrahepatic Location).

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Fig. 257. Gallbladder, vesica biliaris, and extrahepatic biliary ducts.

Fig. 258. Gallbladder, vesica biliaris, extrahepatic biliary ducts, pancreatic duct, and descending part of the duodenum in section (according to V. P. Vorobyov)



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