common bile duct
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
common bile duct
- ductus choledochus (biliaris)
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Digestive_system_showing_bile_duct.png
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]
uberon
ductus choledochus
UBERON:0001174
Term relations
- extrahepatic bile duct
- continuous_with some cystic duct
- continuous_with some common hepatic duct
- channels_into some ventral pancreatic duct