Espiral AtlasBile duct (common bile duct)
ductus choledochus
It begins at the free edge of the lesser omentum and descends behind the superior part of the duodenum, in a groove on the posterior surface of the head of the pancreas.
In the full entry
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- Structure
- Neighborhood
- Blood supply
- Lymphatics
- Clinical
Related clinical cases
- Blockage of the hepatopancreatic ampulla and pancreatitis
- Variations of the cystic and hepatic ducts
- Gallstones
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)