Common hepatic duct

Common hepatic duct
Details
Identifiers
Latinductus hepaticus communis
MeSHD006500
TA98A05.8.01.061
TA23092
FMA14668
Anatomical terminology
1. Bile ducts:
      2. Intrahepatic bile ducts
      3. Left and right hepatic ducts
      4. Common hepatic duct
      5. Cystic duct
      6. Common bile duct
      7. Ampulla of Vater
      8. Major duodenal papilla
9. Gallbladder
10–11. Right and left lobes of liver
12. Spleen
13. Esophagus
14. Stomach
15. Pancreas:
      16. Accessory pancreatic duct
      17. Pancreatic duct
18. Small intestine:
      19. Duodenum
      20. Jejunum
21–22. Right and left kidneys
The front border of the liver has been lifted up (brown arrow).[1]

The common hepatic duct is the first part of the biliary tract. It joins the cystic duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct.

  1. ^ Standring S, Borley NR, eds. (2008). Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Brown JL, Moore LA (40th ed.). London: Churchill Livingstone. pp. 1163, 1177, 1185–6. ISBN 978-0-8089-2371-8.

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