bile duct
Description
The tube that carries bile (a yellow-green fluid that helps digest fat) from the liver to the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
Two hepatic ducts leave the liver and join to form the common hepatic duct. The cystic duct leaves the gallbladder and joins the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.
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