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Bile Ducts MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Bile Ducts
Tree Number(s)
A03.159.183
Unique ID
D001652
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001652
Annotation
/abnorm: BILIARY ATRESIA is also available; inflammation = CHOLANGITIS; calculi = BILIARY CALCULI see GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLELITHIASIS (IM) + BILE DUCT DISEASES (IM)
Scope Note
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.
NLM Classification #
WI 750
See Also
Cholangiography
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Portoenterostomy, Hepatic
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/08/09
Bile Ducts Preferred
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