During preoperative teaching, a client asks where bile is stored. The nurse knows that bile is stored in the:

During preoperative teaching, a client asks where bile is stored. The nurse knows that bile is stored in the:

• A. Cystic duct
• B. Gallbladder
• C. Duodenum
• D. Common bile duct

Answer: (B)

Bile is stored in the gallbladder, where it is concentrated between meals. The liver makes bile continually, but it is stored in the gallbladder until digestion stimulates its release. When needed, the gallbladder contracts and bile travels from the gallbladder through the cystic duct into the common bile duct and then into the duodenum to aid fat digestion. The cystic duct is simply the connection to the gallbladder, not a storage site; the duodenum is where bile acts, and the common bile duct is the conduit to the duodenum.

Bile is stored in the gallbladder, where it is concentrated between meals. The liver makes bile continually, but it is stored in the gallbladder until digestion stimulates its release. When needed, the gallbladder contracts and bile travels from the gallbladder through the cystic duct into the common bile duct and then into the duodenum to aid fat digestion. The cystic duct is simply the connection to the gallbladder, not a storage site; the duodenum is where bile acts, and the common bile duct is the conduit to the duodenum.