- common bile duct
- Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine).
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Common bile duct — Digestive system diagram showing the common bile duct Latin ductus choledochus Gray s … Wikipedia
common bile duct — n the duct formed by the union of the hepatic and cystic ducts and opening into the duodenum called also ductus choledochus * * * ductus choledochus … Medical dictionary
common bile duct — noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum • Syn: ↑bile duct • Hypernyms: ↑duct, ↑epithelial duct, ↑canal, ↑channel • Part Holonyms: ↑liver … Useful english dictionary
common bile duct — noun the duct which is common to the cystic duct (coming from the gall bladder) and the hepatic duct (coming from the liver), which can be blocked by gallstones coming from the liver …
Common hepatic duct — 1: Right lobe of liver 2: Left lobe of liver 3: Quadrate lobe of liver 4: Round ligament of liver 5: Falciform ligament 6: Caudate lobe of liver … Wikipedia
bile duct — n a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum * * * any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts that unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the… … Medical dictionary
Bile duct — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct Caption2 = An intraoperative cholangiogram, which is an X Ray of the bile ducts during a laprascopic cholecystectomy System … Wikipedia
bile duct — noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum • Syn: ↑common bile duct • Hypernyms: ↑duct, ↑epithelial duct, ↑canal, ↑channel • Part Holonyms: ↑liver … Useful english dictionary
bile duct — any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts into the right and left hepatic ducts, which unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the common hepatic duct. This joins the cystic… … The new mediacal dictionary
bile duct — bile′ duct n. anat. a common duct that transports bile from the liver and gall bladder to the small intestine • Etymology: 1765–75 … From formal English to slang
