NCLEX RN Practice Question # 574
NCLEX Examination.
Practice Question # 574.
Nclex
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.