Biliary Tract
| Medical Definition: |
The BILE DUCTS and the GALLBLADDER. |
| Guide Notes: |
/abnorm: BILIARY ATRESIA is also available; /radiogr permitted but CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY for gallbladder x-ray & CHOLANGIOGRAPHY for bile duct x-ray are available; calculi = BILIARY CALCULI see GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLELITHIASIS; empyema = EMPYEMA, GA |
Biliary Tract Categories.
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Bile Ducts - The channels that collect and transport the bile secretion from the BILE CANALICULI, the smallest branch of the BILIARY TRACT in the LIVER, through the bile ductules, the bile ducts out the liver, and to the GALLBLADDER for storage. |
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Gallbladder - A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM, for degradation of dietary lipid. |
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