Anatomy
common bile duct Audio
com·mon bile duct [ kah-mun bile dukt ]
Subclass of:
Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic
Definitions related to common bile duct:
  • (duct, common bile) A duct that conveys bile from the convergence of the cystic and hepatic duct to the duodenum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A tube that carries bile from the liver and the gallbladder through the pancreas and into the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine). It is formed where the ducts from the liver and gallbladder are joined. It is part of the biliary duct system.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Bile ducts are passageways that carry bile. Two major bile ducts come together into a "trunk"-the common bile duct which empties into the upper part of the small intestine (the part next to the stomach).
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The largest bile duct. It is formed by the junction of the CYSTIC DUCT and the COMMON HEPATIC DUCT.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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