Passages within the liver for the conveyance of bile. Includes right and left hepatic ducts even though these may join outside the liver to form the common hepatic duct. [ MESH:A03.159.183.158 ]
Synonyms: bile duct intrahepatic part
Term information
- UMLS:C0005401 (ncithesaurus:Intrahepatic_Bile_Duct)
- ZFA:0005169
- FMA:15766
- MA:0001630
- MESH:D001653
- SCTID:362193005
- GAID:287
- TAO:0005169
- NCIT:C12677
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
includes the hepatic duct of the caudate lobe, and the intra- and inter- lobar bile ducts
Duct that collects bile from the bile ductules and connects to the extrahepatic bile duct.[TAO]