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The common hepatic duct is the first part of the biliary tract. It is formed by the union 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).
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Occasionally, the cystic duct may first run along the right side of the common bile duct for some distance before joining it, or may pass posteriorly around to the common hepatic duct to unite with it from the left
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The common hepatic duct typically unites with the cystic duct some 1–2 cm superior to the duodenum and anterior to the right hepatic artery, with the cystic duct approaching the common hepatic duct from the
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Around 1.7% of people have additional accessory hepatic ducts that opens into the common hepatic duct. Accessory hepatic ducts may also instead open into the cystic duct or gallbladder.
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at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal Ligament"
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The common hepatic ducts carries a higher volume of bile in people who have had their gallbladder removed.
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Rarely, the common hepatic duct and gallbladder joing directly (with the cystic duct being absent),
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A diameter of more than 8 mm is regarded as abnormal dilatation, and is a sign of
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The common hepatic duct is about 6 mm in diameter in adults, with some variation.
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The common hepatic duct is an important anatomic landmark during surgeries such as
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usually passes posterior to the duct, but may rarely pass anterior to it instead.
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This gallery of anatomic features needs cleanup to abide by the
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The front border of the liver has been lifted up (brown arrow).
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Index

Hepatic ducts

Right lobe of liver
Left lobe of liver
Quadrate lobe of liver
Round ligament of liver
Falciform ligament
Caudate lobe of liver
Inferior vena cava
Common bile duct
Hepatic artery
Portal vein
Cystic duct
Gallbladder
Latin
MeSH
D006500
TA98
A05.8.01.061
TA2
3092
FMA
14668
Anatomical terminology
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Bile ducts
Intrahepatic bile ducts
Left and right hepatic ducts
Common hepatic duct

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