- Intrahepatic bile ducts
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Intrahepatic bile ducts are part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.
They can be divided into large and small ducts.[1] Examples include:
- Large: left and right hepatic ducts
- Small: interlobular bile ducts
Alternatively, they may refer to the ducts found between the interlobular bile ducts and the left and right hepatic ducts.[citation needed] The epithelium of these ducts is described as simple columnar epithelium with dense fibroelastic connective tissue and smooth muscle.
References
- ^ Roderick N. M. MacSween; Alastair D. Burt; Bernard Portmann; Linda D. Ferrell (2007). MacSween's pathology of the liver. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 518–. ISBN 9780443100123. http://books.google.com/books?id=08a3FiePGGQC&pg=PA518. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
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