Vesicle comes from the Latin vesicŭla which, in turn, is the diminutive of vesīca (it can be translated as “bladder”). Therefore, it is a small bladder.
A vesicle can be a localized formation in the epidermis that is usually filled with lipid content. For cell biology, on the other hand, vesicles are an organelle isolated from the cytoplasm by a membrane-like lipid layer. Its function is to store, move and process cellular products and waste. The gallbladder, meanwhile, is an organ located below the liver and is one of the components of the digestive system of Homo sapiens and some animals. This small viscera (measuring between five and seven centimeters), with the appearance of a pear, is intended to house bile (produced by the liver and necessary for the digestive process).
This organ is connected to the duodenum through the bile duct, formed by the cystic duct and the common bile duct. These ducts allow bile to pass into the duodenum. The gallbladder is characterized by disorders caused by the formation of calculi or stones that lodge inside and obstruct the bile duct. Inflammation of the gallbladder is known as cholecystitis and can be treated with medication (to see if the stones dissolve) or with surgery. As we explained to you, one of the most frequent diseases that can occur in the gallbladder are the so-called gallstones. These are produced when certain substances existing in this organ in question harden and this causes the patient to suffer a series of symptoms that show their existence. Specifically, among the most common symptoms are nausea or pain in the back, right arm or abdomen. Overweight or elderly people are the individuals who may be most affected by this pathology, also known as cholelithiasis, which often requires gallbladder removal, that is, its removal. However, this does not represent any type of problem, since it is not essential to live, since, since it does not exist, the bile will use other routes to reach the small intestine. In addition to all this, we can say that the stones, in turn, can be affected by a series of complications such as carcinoma, which is a type of cancer, mucocele, empyema, which is defined as an accumulation of pus, biliary colic or cholecystitis. . . This last pathology basically consists of an inflammation of the wall of the aforementioned gallbladder and its main symptoms are intense pain, cold sweats, nausea and vomiting of varying intensity. Another use of the term vesicle appears in botany to refer to the blister filled with air that some plants that live in the aquatic environment have. These vesicles are found on the stem or leaves.
Finally, for geology, a vesicle is an opening in a lava flow generated by exhaust gases.
