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 liver? You have to have a liver to survive, and the doctor wants to remove it!" Her mother tells her to calm down and discuss what is going on. Maggie's mother soon realizes
that Maggie's liver is fine, but her gallbladder needs to be removed. Bile empties from the gall bladder into the ____.
a. pancreas
b. liver
c. duodenum
d. hepatic duct
e. jejunum
c
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