is a small, pear-shaped organ located beneath the liver.
Its main job is to **store and concentrate bile**, a digestive fluid produced continuously by the liver. Bile helps your body digest and absorb dietary fats.
When you eat—especially a meal containing fat—the gallbladder contracts and releases stored bile into the small intestine.
The important point is that the gallbladder **does not make bile**.
Your liver does.
That explains why the body can continue digesting food after the gallbladder is removed.
## What Changes After Gallbladder Removal?
Before surgery, bile is stored
