Wednesday 29 August 2012

Biliary tree

Start from either LIVER or GALL BLADDER


Liver
  • Right hepatic duct
  • Left hepatic duct

Gall bladder
  • Cystic duct


  1. The right hepatic duct and the left hepatic duct join to form the common hepatic duct
  2. The common hepatic duct joins with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct
  3. The common bile duct joins with the pancreatic duct and exit through hepaticopancreatic ampulla (Sphincter of Oddi) in the 2nd part of the duodenum



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