Celiac trunk – foregut (stomach to where the bile duct enters the duodenum).There are three main trunks/arteries off the descending aorta that supply the blood to the guts. One could even say there’s almost as much as in the hand. Turns out there’s a lot of stuff in the abdomen. The pain is entirely visceral and generally lasts 3x)įluid resuscitation ERCP + Cholecystectomy Biliary colic – happens after a fatty meal, the GB contracts and pushes stones into the cystic duct but when the duct relaxes the stone rolls back into the GB.Cholelithiasis – Gallstones just hanging out, not causing any problems.A lot of the western world have stones in their gallbladders (cholelithiasis) but for the most part they just grumble along with no trouble at all.
