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

Multiple Choice

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,
Bile empties from the gall bladder into the ____.

A) pancreas
B) liver
C) duodenum
D) hepatic duct
E) jejunum