The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ in the upper-right abdomen. It stores and releases bile, which is a liquid the liver produces, to support digestion by helping to break down fats. The ...

The sphincter of Oddi is a muscular valve that plays a vital role in digestion. It controls the flow of bile and pancreatic juice. It opens and closes to let the juices flow from the liver and ...

The sphincter of Oddi is a muscular valve in the digestive tract that opens and closes. It allows digestive juices, bile, and pancreatic juice to flow properly through the ducts from the liver and ...

Taking care of your gut and liver doesn’t necessarily require an elaborate supplement regime or restrictive diet—sometimes, nature’s simplest offerings pack the most powerful health benefits. That’s ...

Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

ACCORDING to our present knowledge, bile salts are excreted in bile as the major metabolic product of cholesterol in vertebrates, whereas there has not yet been found any kind of steroid bile salt in ...

When looking for a new home, it’s normal to draw up a list of must haves – good transport perhaps, and a garden. Compromises are not unusual, either. We may, for instance, forego a nice location for ...

Although viral RNA or infectious virions have been detected in the feces of individuals infected with human influenza A and B viruses (IAV/IBV), the mechanism of viral survival in the gastrointestinal ...