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common bile duct
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001174
the part of the biliary tree formed by the union of the cystic duct and the common hepatic duct [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Term info
Label
common bile duct
Synonyms
- ductus choledochus (biliaris)
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Digestive_system_showing_bile_duct.png
external definition
Digestive system duct that collects bile from the hepatic bile duct and the cystic duct.[TAO], The duct formed by the union of the common hepatic and cystic ducts. [Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier, adapted_from_Dorian_AF][VHOG]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
ductus choledochus
id
UBERON:0001174
Term relations
Subclass of:
- extrahepatic bile duct
- continuous with some common hepatic duct
- continuous with some cystic duct
- channels_into some ventral pancreatic duct