Gallbladder: The Bile Keeper

Bile is a bitter-tasting, dark-green/yellow fluid that is produced by the liver, and it’s super important! It helps the digestion of lipids in the small intestine. This fluid contains cholesterol (the good kind), bile salts, bilirubin (a breakdown product of red blood cells), water, and other things.

Bile is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder, and is then passed into the duodenum.

Relatively hidden (it sits under the liver), the gallbladder works hard to make the process of digestion run smoothly. The next time you’re eating a bag of Doritos, think about the little guy working behind the scenes to help you digest all those Cool Ranch–covered chips.