part of part of contributes to morphology of anatomical space hepatic acinus bile canaliculus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gray1094.png bile capillary conducts the flow of bile countercurrent to the direction of portal blood flow and connects with the canal of Hering[DOI:10.1002/cphy.c120027] An intercellular channel that takes up bile from hepatocytes, transporting it to the bile ducts. MA:0002495 EMAPA:36534 biliary canaliculus Wikipedia:Bile_canaliculus UMLS:C0005393 FMA:17547 NCIT:C32202 UBERON:0001283 TAO:0005163 ZFA:0005163 bile canaliculi BTO:0002841 The bile canaliculi merge and form bile ductules, which eventually become common hepatic duct. Hepatocytes are polyhedral in shape, therefore having no set shape or design. They have surfaces facing the sinusoids, (called sinusoidal faces) and surfaces which contact other hepatocytes, (called lateral faces). Bile canaliculi are formed by grooves on some of the lateral faces of these hepatocytes. Microvilli are present in the canaliculi but are sparse. [WP] SCTID:270023005 MESH:D001648 bile duct liver lobule hepatic cord