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hepatic duct

The main excretory duct of the liver, which joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct.

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hepatic duct - the duct that drains bile from the liver

duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

liver - large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

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bile duct biliary ductule canal channel common bile duct duct ductule ductulus epithelial duct Gall duct hepatic liver			However, if the recipient common hepatic duct is diseased, too short, or otherwise inadequate for anastomosis, a choledochojejunostomy or hepaticojejunostomy with a Roux-en-Y limb is constructed. Ultrasound imaging of liver and renal transplantation by Piyasena, Rohan V.; Allison, Sandra J. / Applied Radiology 15) Malignant biliary obstruction is usually secondary to pancreatic adenocarcinoma or is due to cholangiocarcinoma of the common bile, or common hepatic duct (including the bifurcation, collectively called hilar), or the intrahepatic bile ducts (peripheral). CT for upper abdominal pathology--is imaging of the pelvis necessary? by Ackermann, C.; Andronikou, S.; Erlank, A.; Parsons, J.J.; Cilliers, G. / South African Journal of Radiology [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Surgical treatment was undertaken and consisted of a left hepatic lobectomy with resection of the common hepatic duct and common bile duct, followed by anastomosis to the right hepatic duct. Hepatic cyst arising from the left hepatic duct. (Pathologic Quiz ... by Mourra, Najat; Hannoun, Laurent; Arrive, Lionel / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			common evening primrose common facial vein common factor common fate common fault common fee common fennel common fig common fig tree common flat pea common four-o'clock common foxglove common fraction common front common garden cress common garter snake common gender common ginger common good common grackle common grape hyacinth common grape vine common ground common gum cistus common heath common hepatic duct common hop common hops common horehound common horsetail common hyacinth common iguana common iliac artery common iliac vein Common in gross Common informer common infrastructure common item common ivy common jasmine common juniper common kingsnake common knowledge common laburnum common lady's-slipper common land common law Common lawyer common lettuce Common lewdness common lilac			common hamsters common hamsters Common Hardware Common Hardware Intelligence Processing Subsystem Common Hardware Profile Common Hardware Reference Platform Common Hardware Reference Platform Common Hardware Suite Common Hardware Systems Common Hardware-Software Object Model Common Hardware/Software Common Hardware/Software Contract 2 Common Hardware/Software Contract 3 Common Hardware/Software Program Common Hawthorn common hawthorns common hawthorns common hawthorns Common Hazel Common Hazel Common HDL Procedural Interface Common Header common heath common heath common heath common heaths common heaths common heaths Common hepatic Common hepatic artery common hepatic duct Common Heritage of Mankind Common Heterogeneous Architecture for Multi-Processing Common hibiscus Common High Bandwidth Data Link Common High Performance Computing Software Support Initiative Common High-Bandwidth Data Link-Shipboard Terminal Common highway Common Hill Myna Common hippopotamus Common hippopotamus Common hippopotamus Common Hogweed Common Hollyhock Common honeysuckle common hop common hop common hops common horehound common horehound Common hornbeam Common hornbeam Common horse chestnut Common horse chestnut Common horse-chestnut Common horse-chestnut Common Horsechestnut Common Horsechestnut common horsetail common horsetail common horsetail

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hepatic duct (redirected from common hepatic duct)

hepatic duct
(redirected from common hepatic duct)