RT Book, Section
A1 Chandrasoma, Parakrama
A1 Taylor, Clive R.
SR Print(0)
ID 189997
T1 Chapter 44. The Extrahepatic Biliary System
T2 Concise Pathology, 3e
YR 1998
FD 1998
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780838514993
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=189997
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  extrahepatic  biliary  system  is  composed  of  the  bile  ducts  and  the  gallbladder  (Figure  44-1).  In  70%  of  patients,  the  common  bile  duct  and  pancreatic  duct  join  at  the  ampulla  of  Vater  and  have  a  common  duodenal  opening.  In  the  other  30%,  the  pancreatic  and  bile  ducts  open  separately.  The  common  bile  duct  has  a  luminal  diameter  of  0.5–0.7  cm  in  the  adult.