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cystic duct
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001152
the tubular structure that conducts gall bladder contents from the gall bladder to the common bile duct [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Term info
Label
cystic duct
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Illu_liver_gallbladder.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Digestive_system_showing_bile_duct.png
external definition
The duct of the gallbladder which joins the common hepatic duct, thus forming the common biliary duct. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG], Duct that connects the gall bladder and the common bile duct.[TAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
ductus cysticus
id
UBERON:0001152
Term relations
Subclass of:
- extrahepatic bile duct
- continuous with some gall bladder
- develops from some extrahepatic part of hepatic duct
- continuous with some common bile duct
- channels_into some common bile duct