A pear-shaped sac on the visceral surface of the liver that stores and concentrates bile before releasing it via the cystic and bile ducts into the duodenum.
Stores and concentrates bile between meals and contracts to eject bile into the duodenum.
Right upper abdominal quadrant, nestled in the gallbladder fossa on the visceral surface of the liver.
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The hepatic portal vein collects nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract and delivers it directly to the liver for processing.
The pancreas serves both digestive and endocrine roles, supplying enzymes to the small intestine while releasing insulin and glucagon into the blood.
The esophagus passes through the muscular diaphragm, and abdominal wall muscles support the abdominal viscera.