bile duct

noun

, Anatomy.

a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.

bile duct

Any of the passages that carry bile from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum.

First recorded in 1765–75

The surgery removes the right side of the pancreas, the gallbladder, and parts of the stomach, bile duct, and small intestine.

Extending along the ventral border of the liver is a long narrow duct, apparently the bile duct, bd.

In a lateral projection of this mass of mesoblast 13 lies a small, circular opening, the bile duct, bd.

In more anterior sections the bile duct is larger in cross section, being about one-half the diameter of the oesophagus.

The principal duct enters the duedenum with the bile-duct, and there is often a second small duct opening separately.

A paralysis of the bile duct produces a similar jaundice, but without pain.

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