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