Intrahepatic bile ducts

Intrahepatic bile ducts are part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.

They can be divided into large and small ducts.[1] Examples include:

Alternatively, they may refer to the ducts found between the interlobular bile ducts and the left and right hepatic ducts. The epithelium of these ducts is described as simple columnar epithelium with dense fibroelastic connective tissue and smooth muscle.

References

  1. ^ Roderick N. M. MacSween; Alastair D. Burt; Bernard Portmann; Linda D. Ferrell (2007). MacSween's pathology of the liver. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 518–. ISBN 9780443100123. http://books.google.com/books?id=08a3FiePGGQC&pg=PA518. Retrieved 27 June 2010.