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| Common bile duct | |
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| Digestive system diagram showing the common bile duct | |
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| The gall-bladder and bile ducts laid open. | |
| Latin | ductus choledochus |
| Gray's | subject #250 1198 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_29/12314771 |
Bile, which is synthesized in the liver, is carried to the right and left hepatic ducts, which converge along with the Cystic duct to form the common hepatic duct. There it enters the superior end of the common bile duct and either empties into the second (and retroperitoneal) part of the duodenum, or enters the cystic duct to be stored in the gallbladder.
The inferior end of the common bile duct merges with the large pancreatic duct (duct of Wirsung) from the pancreas, into the ampulla of Vater. There, the two ducts are surrounded by the muscular hepatopancreatic sphincter (sphincter of Oddi) which if contracted, prevents bile from entering the small intestine.
Additional images
 Region of pancreas |
 The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. |
 Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen. |
 Interior of the descending portion of the duodenum, showing bile papilla. |
 Inferior surface of the liver. |
 The pancreas and duodenum from behind. |
 The pancreatic duct. |
 The portal vein and its tributaries. |
 Liver and gallbladder |
External links
- SUNY Figs 38:06-08 - "The gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts."
- SUNY Anatomy Image 8336
- SUNY Anatomy Image 7957
- Norman/Georgetown liver (biliarysystem)
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