Which duct carries bile from the liver to the duodenum and is a key component of the biliary tree?

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Which duct carries bile from the liver to the duodenum and is a key component of the biliary tree?

Bile travels from the liver into the biliary tree and is delivered to the duodenum by the common bile duct. Bile produced by liver cells drains through the intrahepatic ducts, then the left and right hepatic ducts merge to form the common hepatic duct. The gallbladder’s cystic duct can join this trunk, and their union forms the common bile duct, which continues to the duodenum and releases bile at the major duodenal papilla. This pathway makes the common bile duct the conduit carrying bile from liver (and gallbladder) to the small intestine. The hepatic ducts are upstream drainage channels; the cystic duct mainly shuttles bile to and from the gallbladder; the pancreatic duct carries pancreatic juice, not bile.

Bile travels from the liver into the biliary tree and is delivered to the duodenum by the common bile duct. Bile produced by liver cells drains through the intrahepatic ducts, then the left and right hepatic ducts merge to form the common hepatic duct. The gallbladder’s cystic duct can join this trunk, and their union forms the common bile duct, which continues to the duodenum and releases bile at the major duodenal papilla. This pathway makes the common bile duct the conduit carrying bile from liver (and gallbladder) to the small intestine. The hepatic ducts are upstream drainage channels; the cystic duct mainly shuttles bile to and from the gallbladder; the pancreatic duct carries pancreatic juice, not bile.

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