Sentences with phrase «biliary duct system»

Cholangiocarcinomas (CCCs) are malignancies of the biliary duct system that may originate in the liver and extrahepatic bile ducts.

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You cat's liver contains a system of branched conduits (its biliary tree) leading to its gall bladder and on out into its upper small intestine (duodenum) through its bile duct.

This digestive process relies substantially on the liver's efficient manufacture and secretion of bile, a potent, greenish - brown fluid that travels from the liver via the biliary system (an elaborate network of minuscule channels called biliary ducts) to the gall bladder.