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Digestive System > Biliary Tract > Bile Ducts > Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic > Hepatic Duct, Common

Preferred term

Hepatic Duct, Common  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Common Hepatic Duct
  • Common Hepatic Ducts
  • Duct, Common Hepatic
  • Ducts, Common Hepatic
  • Hepatic Ducts, Common

Note

  • an external bile duct formed by junction of right & left hepatic ducts; 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: coord (IM) with CHOLELITHIASIS (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 80; was HEPATIC DUCT 1963-79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006500

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