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bile duct or biliary duct

n.

Any of the excretory ducts in the liver that convey bile between the liver and the intestine, including the hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts. Also called gall duct.

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bile duct

1. generally, any of the biliary passages.

2. specifically the terminal segment of the biliary tree extending from the union of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct to the major duodenal papilla. See also bile passages.

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bile duct atresia

if it is extensive it causes jaundice and steatorrhea soon after birth. It is observed rarely in kittens and puppies.

bile duct calculi

see cholelithiasis.

bile duct canaliculi

formed between adjacent hepatocytes these are the smallest components of the biliary system; they open into biliary ductules.

bile duct carcinoma

see cholangiocellular carcinoma.

bile duct cysts

occur in all species and are probably derived from occluded or atretic embryonic bile ducts.

bile duct ductule

bile duct.

bile duct dyskinesia

a much-argued diagnosis in human medicine. The diagnosis assumes that there is a failure of biliary flow into the intestine for other than physical reasons. The hypothesis likens the problem to that of irritable colon. There is no proof of the existence of the malfunction in humans, much less in animals.

bile duct fibrosis

a common severe lesion, accompanied by mineralization, as a result of infestation by Fasciola hepatica.

bile duct hyperplasia

may be part of a general reaction of the liver but is most important as a purely cholangiolar proliferation, usually as a result of exposure to a poison such as butter yellow.

bile duct inflammation

see cholangiohepatitis.

bile duct obstruction

see biliary obstruction.

bile duct proliferation

see bile duct hyperplasia (above).

bile duct radiology

see cholangiography.

bile duct rupture/perforation

most ruptures are traumatic and result in leakage of bile into the peritoneal cavity. See also biliary peritonitis.

bile duct tumors

see cholangiocellular.