NCLEX RN Practice Question # 574

NCLEX Examination.

Practice Question # 574.

Gallbladder

• Stores and concentrates bile and contracts to force bile into the duodenumduring the digestion of fats
• The cystic duct joins the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.
• The sphincter of Oddi is located at the entrance to the duodenum.
• The presence of fatty materials in the duodenum stimulates the liberation of cholecystokinin, which causes contraction of the gallbladder and relaxation of the sphincter of Oddi.