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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



... an excessive quantity of protein to herbivorous animals may result in intestinal, liver and nervous disorders. Spoiled feed may prove highly injurious. Catarrhal inflammation of the intestine and intestinal parasites may obstruct the bile duct, and interfere seriously with the functions ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

... 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



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