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Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

These lobules are connected to small bile ducts. Bile ducts are tubes within the liver that carry bile, a waste product. The small ducts connect to larger bile ducts, ultimately forming the common ...

"Biliary anatomy misidentification during cholecystectomy [gallbladder removal] can result in injury to the common hepatic duct or common bile duct. Common duct injuries cause significant short ...

In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells surrounding the portal vein, and hepatocytes form on the outside. Both bile duct epithelial cells and hepatocytes are ...

T1: Tumor confined to the bile duct, with extension up to the muscle ... Tumor invades main portal vein or its branches bilaterally; or the common hepatic artery; or the second-order biliary ...