bile ducts
Hepatic drainage tubes
Bile ducts are the tubes that carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.
Bile, a digestive fluid, travels through a branching network of small ducts that merge into larger ones, eventually forming the common bile duct.
Blockages from gallstones or tumors cause jaundice and pain: The surgeon removed a stone lodged in the bile duct.
Impaired hepatic bile drainage
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- cholangitisBiliary tract infection
- strictureLimiting rule or censure
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
Hardened bile deposits
- cholecystectomyGallbladder excision surgery
- gallbladderBile storage organ
Hemoglobin degradation byproduct
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- drainageLiquid removal system
Of or relating to ducts
- intrahepaticWithin the liver
- ampulla of VaterDigestive duct convergence point
- epitheliumTissue covering body surfaces
- lumenLight output measure
cholestasis
Impaired hepatic bile drainage
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- cholangitisBiliary tract infection
- strictureLimiting rule or censure
gallstones
Hardened bile deposits
- cholecystectomyGallbladder excision surgery
- gallbladderBile storage organ
bilirubin
Hemoglobin degradation byproduct
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
- secretionSubstance released by glands
ductal
Of or relating to ducts
- intrahepaticWithin the liver
- ampulla of VaterDigestive duct convergence point
- epitheliumTissue covering body surfaces
stent
Implanted tube for blockages
ultrasound
Inaudible high-frequency waves
- CT scanTomographic diagnostic imaging
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- liverliver, hepatic, cirrhosis, hepatitis, hepatocyte
- Biliary Systemgallbladder, bilirubin, ampulla of Vater, gallstone, gallstones
- excretory systemkidney, kidneys, bladder, urinary bladder, urethra
- exocrine glandssalivary glands, sweat glands, mammary glands, submandibular gland, prostate gland
- liver anatomyliver, left lobe, lobule, hepatocyte, sinusoid
bile ductsblood vessels
Tubes carrying circulating fluid
arteries · veins · lymphatic vessels · capillaries · coronary arteries
bile ductssmall intestine
Digestive absorption organ
jejunum · ileum · microvilli