One of the fine terminal elements of the bile duct system, leaving the portal canal, and pursuing a course at the periphery of a lobule of the liver[BTO]. the excretory ducts of the liver that connect the interlobular ductules to the right or left hepatic duct[MP]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002840 MP:0009494 ]
Synonyms: biliary ductule bile ductule ductuli biliferi
Term information
- TAO:0005164
- BTO:0002840
- ZFA:0005164
- EMAPA:37440 (MA:th)
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
In ZFA, Digestive system duct that collects bile from the canaliculus and transports bile through the liver -- (check if the same) // The smallest and the most peripheral branches of the biliary tree consist of a portal part (portal ductule) and an intralobular part (intralobular ductule)
Term relations
- tube
- endoderm-derived structure
- part of some liver
- adjacent to some common hepatic duct
- part of some bile duct