Abstract
Aim: To study variations in external morphology of cadaveric gall bladder. Materials and Methods: This study was undertaken on 30 cadaveric liver and gall bladder specimens in the Department of Anatomy at Tertiary Medical College of West Uttar Pradesh in terms of maximum length, maximum transverse diameter, thickness, shape, external variations and length of gall bladder below the inferior border of the liver using vernier caliper. Results: Gall bladder had length ranging between 5.52 and 11.32 cm, transverse diameter between 2.78 and 5.57 cm, thickness at neck, body and fundus was not found uniform. The commonest shape observed in this study was pear shaped. The length of gall bladder below the inferior border of liver varied between 0.46 and 3.93 cm. Conclusion: Since the incidence of gall bladder illness in our country is increasing day by day hence morphological knowledge is essential, not only from the point of biliary disease but also with respect to the various laprascopic, surgical and invasive techniques for example T-tube cholangiogram in the proper diagnosis and management of gall bladder and extrahepatic bile duct diseases. The morphological data may be useful to the surgeon’s radiologists and anatomists.
Highlights
The gallbladder is a slate-blue, piriform sac, partly sunk in a fossa in the right hepatic lobe’s inferior surface
Its upper surface is attached to the liver by connective tissue; elsewhere it is completely covered by peritoneum continued from the hepatic surface. It is a blind ending diverticulum attached to the common bile duct by the cystic duct [1]
Part of the gall bladder i.e. fundus that lie below the inferior border of liver was noted
Summary
The gallbladder is a slate-blue, piriform sac, partly sunk in a fossa in the right hepatic lobe’s inferior surface. It extends forward from a point near the right end of the porta hepatis to the inferior hepatic border. Its upper surface is attached to the liver by connective tissue; elsewhere it is completely covered by peritoneum continued from the hepatic surface It is a blind ending diverticulum attached to the common bile duct by the cystic duct [1]. Gall bladder is 7–10 cm long, 3 cm broad at its widest and 30–50 ml in capacity[[1] It is described as fundus, body and neck. The neck is narrow projecting forwards and abruptly back and downwards, to become the cystic duct
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