Predominantly extrahepatic bile duct which is formed by the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts, which are predominantly intrahepatic, and, in turn, joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct[GAID]. The common hepatic duct is the duct formed by the convergence of the right hepatic duct (which drains bile from the right functional lobe of the liver) and the left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver). The common hepatic duct then joins the cystic duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_hepatic_duct http://zfin.org/curator ]
Term information
- UMLS:C0019149 (ncithesaurus:Common_Hepatic_Duct)
- MA:0002660
- SCTID:245403006
- Wikipedia:Common_hepatic_duct
- NCIT:C32356
- VHOG:0000220
- GAID:286
- FMA:14668
- EMAPA:19101
- MESH:D006500
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The duct which conveys the bile from the liver and unites with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
TODO - MA distinguishes between bile duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct and common hepatic duct. in FMA hepatic duct and common hepatic duct are the same. Common is part of extra-hepatic part