The part of the biliary tree formed by the union of the cystic duct and the common hepatic duct. [ MP:0009495 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Synonyms: ductus choledochus (biliaris)
Term information
- VHOG:0000214
- GAID:282
- TAO:0005165
- galen:CommonBileDuct
- MA:0001631
- EMAPA:17201
- EHDAA2:0000303
- UMLS:C0009437 (ncithesaurus:Common_Bile_Duct)
- Wikipedia:Common_bile_duct
- NCIT:C12698
- SCTID:362199009
- FMA:14667
- ZFA:0005165
- EHDAA:3981
- MESH:D003135
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Digestive_system_showing_bile_duct.png
Digestive system duct that collects bile from the hepatic bile duct and the cystic duct.[TAO]
The duct formed by the union of the common hepatic and cystic ducts. [Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier, adapted_from_Dorian_AF][VHOG]
Term relations
- extrahepatic bile duct
- continuous with some common hepatic duct
- continuous with some cystic duct
- channels_into some ventral pancreatic duct