part_of part of part of continuous_with continuous with immediate transformation of channels_into common bile duct common hepatic duct http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Illu_liver_gallbladder.jpg The duct which conveys the bile from the liver and unites with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] UBERON:0001175 uberon NCIT:C32356 GAID:286 UMLS:C0019149 FMA:14668 EMAPA:19101 MESH:D006500 SCTID:245403006 ductus hepaticus communis Wikipedia:Common_hepatic_duct hepatic duct Predominantly extrahepatic bile duct which is formed by the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts, which are predominantly intrahepatic, and, in turn, joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct[GAID]. The common hepatic duct is the duct formed by the convergence of the right hepatic duct (which drains bile from the right functional lobe of the liver) and the left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver). The common hepatic duct then joins the cystic duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct[WP]. TODO - MA distinguishes between bile duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct and common hepatic duct. in FMA hepatic duct and common hepatic duct are the same. Common is part of extra-hepatic part VHOG:0000220 MA:0002660 right hepatic duct left hepatic duct extrahepatic bile duct extrahepatic part of hepatic duct future common hepatic duct