IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-8-11-23047 Original Research Paper DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONS OF GALL BLADDER- A CADAVERIC STUDY Siva Narayana Dr. November 2019 8 11 01 02 ABSTRACT

Introduction– The Gall Bladder (GB) is a hollow viscus sac, situated in a fossa in the right hepatic lobe inferior surface. It extends from the right end of porta hepatis to the inferior border of liver. It is 7 – 10cm long, 3 cm broad and capacity is 30 – 50 ml. It has 3 parts Fundus, Body and Neck. Materials and Methods–This study was carried on 50 GB specimens in the Department of Anatomy, GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Visakhapatnam. The GB was carefully dissected and cleaned to observe developmental anomalies and morphological variations of GB. Results–The developmental anomalies like Hartmann’s pouch, Intrahepatic Hypoplastic GB were observed. The length and breadth GB ranged from 4.9 – 9.5 cm and 2.0 – 4.8 cm, shapes of GB most common pear shaped(64 %), flask shaped(20%), cylindrical shaped(12%) and hour glass(4%). Conclusion– The knowledge of this study will help the laparoscopic surgeon to take preventive measures before cholecystectomy and the radiologist to differentiate the normal from anomalies.