Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
biliary tree
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001173
The path in many species is as follows: Bile canaliculi -> Canals of Hering (intralobar bile duct) -> interlobular bile ducts -> intrahepatic bile ducts -> left and right hepatic ducts merge to form -> common hepatic duct *exits liver* and joins -> cystic duct (from gall bladder) forming -> common bile duct -> joins with pancreatic duct -> forming ampulla of Vater -> enters duodenum [WP]
Term info
Label
biliary tree
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
definition
A complex network of conduits that begins with the canals of Hering (intralobar bile duct) and progressively merges into a system of interlobular, septal, and major ducts which then coalesce to form the extrahepatic bile ducts, which finally deliver bile to the intestine, and in some species to the gallbladder.
external definition
Hollow tree organ, the organ parts of which consist of the bile ducts.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
biliary tract
id
UBERON:0001173
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
mutually spatially disjoint with
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002110
Term relations
Subclass of:
- digestive system element
- endoderm-derived structure
- organ
- part of some biliary system
- has part some interlobular bile duct
- develops from some biliary bud
- has part some extrahepatic bile duct
- contributes to morphology of some hepatobiliary system
- composed primarily of some bile duct
- has part some intralobular bile duct