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Digestive System > Biliary Tract > Bile Ducts > Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic > Cystic Duct

Preferred term

Cystic Duct  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • diseases: coord IM with BILE DUCT DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS (IM); inflammation: coord IM with CHOLANGITIS (IM); obstruct: coord IM with CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC (IM); calculi = GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLELITHIASIS (IM) + CYSTIC DUCT (IM) + BILE DUCT DISEASES (IM)

Scope note

  • The duct that is connected to the GALLBLADDER and allows the emptying of bile into the COMMON BILE DUCT.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003549

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