Vignette #2 Maggie Is a 34-Year-Old Mother of Two Children

question 38

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Vignette #2 Maggie is a 34-year-old mother of two children. She was told by her physician that she needs her gallbladder removed. Maggie panics and calls her mother saying, "Mom, I can't believe this!!! How am I going to live without my gallbladder? You have to have a gallbladder to survive, and the doctor wants to remove it!" Her mother tells her to calm down and that an individual cannot live without a liver but can live without a gallbladder,
What is the main role of the gallbladder?

• A) Digesting starch
• B) Storing bile until needed
• C) Controlling the emptying of the stomach
• D) Sending digestive enzymes to the small intestine
• E) Producing bile

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