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Gallbladder

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A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver.

During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering the bile through the bile ducts into the intestines to help with digestion.

Abnormal composition of bile leads to formation of gallstones, a process termed cholelithiasis.

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