loading...| Preferred Name |
bile duct |
| Synonyms |
bile tube hepatic duct gall duct biliary duct |
| Definitions |
Any of the ducts that form the biliary tree, carrying bile from the liver to the small intestine. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002394 |
| channel for | |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
FMA:9706 SCTID:276157007 MA:0000354 BTO:0000122 TAO:0001100 XAO:0000134 ZFA:0001100 NCIT:C12376 AAO:0011019 VHOG:0000212 EV:0100091 EHDAA2:0000741 Wikipedia:Bile_duct UMLS:C0005400 CALOHA:TS-0075 MESH:D001652 GAID:280 EMAPA:35171 |
| definition |
Any of the ducts that form the biliary tree, carrying bile from the liver to the small intestine. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Digestive_system_showing_bile_duct.png |
| develops_from | |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
bile tube hepatic duct gall duct biliary duct |
| id |
UBERON:0002394 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
bile duct |
| notation |
UBERON:0002394 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
bile duct |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
Any of the excretory ducts in the liver that convey bile between the liver and the intestine. [TFD][VHOG] A duct that carries bile from the liver to the intestine. |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
(...) the amphibian liver has characteristics in common with both fish and terrestrial vertebrates. (...) The histological structure of the liver is similar to that in other vertebrates, with hepatocytes arranged in clusters and cords separated by a meshwork of sinusoids and the presence of the traditional triad of portal venule, hepatic arteriole, and bile duct.[well established][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
we place the ZFA class here as this fits its textual definition and child nodes. We may recommend a label change for ZFA |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003928 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000025 |