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Bile duct   /baɪl dəkt/   Listen
Bile duct

noun
1.
A duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum.  Synonym: common bile duct.





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"Bile duct" Quotes from Famous Books



... liver is the most complicated gland in the body (Figure X.). The bile duct (b.d.) branches again and again, and ends at last in the final pits, the lobuli (lb.), which are lined with secretory epithelium, and tightly packed, and squeeze each other into polygonal forms. The blood supply from which the bile would appear to be mainly extracted, ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells


Words linked to "Bile duct" :   epithelial duct, duct, musculus sphincter ductus choledochi, liver, common bile duct, channel, canal


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