BILEDUCT

Bile duct

A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. Bile, required for the digestion of food, is secreted by the liver into passages that carry bile toward the hepatic duct, which joins with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which opens into the intestine.

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bile duct

Noun

  1. Any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile.


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