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Words We Never Use

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"Gallbladder is the preferred form in medical dictionaries and textbooks, as well as the Terminologia Anatomica although strangely in several major English language dictionaries the form "gall bladder" persists ¹⁵. Unsurprisingly we prefer our lexical gallbladders to not have a space in the middle of them."

Line 3:198 · Radiopaedia always uses 'gallbladder' rather than 'gall bladder'.

List Punctuation

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"Cystic veins that run from the gallbladder drains via portal vein, usually into the right branch of the portal vein ^10,11."

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Litotes

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Ranges

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"The normal adult gallbladder measures from 7-10 cm in length and 3-4 cm in transverse diameter ⁶. It communicates with the rest of the biliary system by way of the cystic duct, with bidirectional drainage of bile to and from the common hepatic duct."

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List Caps

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"Hartmann pouch: small outpouching, variably identified, at the infundibulum"

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"Cystic veins that run from the gallbladder drains via portal vein, usually into the right branch of the portal vein ^10,11."

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"Multiple veins from hepatic/gallbladder bed, into liver parenchyma then into hepatic veins"

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"Phrygian cap: fundus folded back upon itself - primary significance is to avoid confusion ¹³"

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"Hartmann pouch (infundibulum)"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Summary
H1 Gross anatomy
H2 Location
H2 Size
H2 Structure
H2 Relations
H2 Function
H1 Arterial supply
H1 Venous drainage
H1 Lymphatic drainage
H1 Innervation
H1 Histology
H1 Variant anatomy
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H2 MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H1 Development
H1 Clinical importance
H1 Related pathology
H1 History and etymology
H1 See also

"Terminology"

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"Microscopic"

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There Is

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"The inner mucosal layer consists of branching folds of lamina propria covered in a single-cell layer of columnar epithelium, overall lending the appearance of minute rugae ^4,6. There are extensive capillaries and small venules, but absent lymphatics ⁴. Mucus-secreting glands are only present in the lamina propria layer at the gallbladder neck, and may be joined by enteroendocrine cells ^4,6."

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Commas

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"Most frequent aberrant locations in descending order are beneath left lobe of liver, intrahepatic, retrohepatic, within the falciform ligament, within the interlobar fissure, suprahepatic, and within the anterior abdominal wall."

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"Drugs that inhibit gallbladder contractions are: somatostatin, L-Arginine, nifedipine, progesterone, trimebutine maleate, loperamide, and ondansetron ¹⁴."

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Oxford Comma

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"multiple gallbladders including septated, duplication and triplication"

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