Bile duct
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A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile, and is present in most vertebrates. The bile duct is separated into three main parts: the fundus, the body, and the neck.
ERCP image showing the biliary tree and the main pancreatic duct.
3D-printed biliary system
An intraoperative cholangiogram, which is an X-ray of bile ducts during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Deep dissection of a bile duct, anterior view
Ampulla of Vater
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The ampulla of Vater, hepatopancreatic ampulla or hepatopancreatic duct is the common duct that is usually formed by a union of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct within the wall of the duod
Bile duct
…associated with the pancreas, through which it passes on its way to the intestine. It opens into the part of the intestine called the duodenum via the ampulla of Vater. The biliary tree (see below) is the whole network of various sized ducts branching through the liver…
The major duodenal papilla, seen on duodenoscopy at the time of ERCP. This is the protrusion of the ampulla of Vater into the duodenum.