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

Preferred term

Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Biliary System, Extrahepatic
  • Biliary Systems, Extrahepatic
  • Extrahepatic Biliary System
  • Extrahepatic Biliary Systems
  • System, Extrahepatic Biliary
  • Systems, Extrahepatic Biliary

Note

  • do not confuse with BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; do not confuse with HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON, the external junction of right & left hepatic ducts; diseases: coord IM with BILE DUCT DISEASES (IM) but note BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION, EXTRAHEPATIC; neopl: coord IM with BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS (IM); inflammation: coord IM with CHOLANGITIS (IM)

Scope note

  • Passages external to the liver for the conveyance of bile. These include the COMMON BILE DUCT and the common hepatic duct (HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON).

History note

  • 94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017734

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