Back قناة الصفراء Arabic Via biliar Catalan Žlučovod Czech Gallengang German Χολαγγείο Greek Vía biliar Spanish Behazun-hodi Basque مجرای صفراوی Persian Sappitie Finnish Voies biliaires French
| Bile duct | |
|---|---|
 Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct | |
 ERCP image showing the biliary tree and the main pancreatic duct. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ductus biliaris |
| MeSH | D001652 |
| TA98 | A05.8.02.013 A05.8.01.062 A05.8.01.065 |
| TA2 | 3103 |
| FMA | 9706 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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]
A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile, and is present in most vertebrates. The bile duct is separated into three main parts: the fundus (superior), the body (middle), and the neck (inferior).
Bile is required for the digestion of food and is secreted by the liver into passages that carry bile toward the hepatic duct. It joins the cystic duct (carrying bile to and from the gallbladder) to form the common bile duct which then opens into the intestine.
- ^ 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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