Parts of the Gall Bladder
The gall bladder is consisting of the following parts if seen from below upwards and also backwards: the fundus, body, and the neck. Each of them is given a brief description below:
- Fundus: the lower free and the expanded end of the Gall bladder is known as the fundus of the gall bladder. It is projection from below the liver and its direction is downwards, forwards, and also to the right where it comes in contact with the anterior wall of the abdomen where it makes an angle of about thirty degrees.
The main relation of this part of the gall bladder are the Transverse Colon lying behind and anteriorly lies the anterior abdominal wall, where it is surface marked at the intersection between the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle on the right side and also the costal margin on the same side being just below the ninth costal cartilage.
- Body: the body of the gall bladder is the portion that is lying between that of the fundus and also the neck. The direction of the body is upwards, backwards, and to the left.
The main relations of the body are superiorly lays of the liver which is separated by some of the loose areolar tissues, inferiorly lies the first part of the duodenum with the transverse colon, on the right side lies the right colic flexure and also the superior duodenal flexure, on the left is the pyloric part of the stomach.
- Neck: it is the “S” shaped curve present above the body, and extends up to the cystic duct. Direction is upwards, forwards and then takes a turn and becomes downwards and backwards. Sometimes there is a presence of some diverticulum’s known as the Hartmann’s pouch and this portion is often termed as the isthmus of the gall bladder. The relations of this part are that the superiorly lays the liver, and inferiorly the first part of the duodenum.