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| 1: Right lobe of liver 2: Left lobe of liver 3: Quadrate lobe of liver 4: Round ligament of liver 5: Falciform ligament 6: Caudate lobe of liver 7: Inferior vena cava 8: Common bile duct 9: Hepatic artery 10: Portal vein 11: Cystic duct 12: Hepatic duct 13: Gallbladder |
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| Latin | ductus cysticus |
| Gray's | subject #250 1198 |
| Artery | cystic artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_29/12314797 |
The cystic duct is the short duct that joins the gall bladder to the common bile duct. The right lobe is much larger than the left the proportion between them being as six to one The left lobe is smaller and more flattened than the right It is situated in the Epigastric and left Hypochondriac regions The quadrate lobe is an area of the Liver situated on the under surface of the right lobe bounded in front by the Anterior margin of the liver; behind by the For other structures with similar name see Round ligament. In Anatomy, the round ligament of (the liver (also commonly known by its The falciform ligament is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold falciform (Latin "sickle-shaped" in shape its base being directed downward and backward its apex The caudate lobe ( posterior hepatic segment I, Spigelian lobe) is situated upon the postero-inferior surface of the liver on the Left lobe of the liver, The inferior vena cava (or IVC is the large Vein that carries de-oxygenated Blood from the lower half of the body into the Heart. Bile, which is synthesized in the liver is carried to the right and left hepatic ducts which converge along with the Cystic duct to form the Common hepatic duct. 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 The gallbladder (or cholecyst sometimes gall bladder is a small organ whose function in the body is to store Bile and aid in the digestive process Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Gray's Anatomy the Respiratory apparatus ( Apparatus Respiratorius Respiratory system Respiratory apparatus Arteries are Blood vessels that carry blood away from the Heart. The cystic artery supplies oxygenated blood to the Gallbladder and Cystic duct. Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The gallbladder (or cholecyst sometimes gall bladder is a small organ whose function in the body is to store Bile and aid in the digestive process Bile, which is synthesized in the liver is carried to the right and left hepatic ducts which converge along with the Cystic duct to form the Common hepatic duct. It usually lies next to the cystic artery. The cystic artery supplies oxygenated blood to the Gallbladder and Cystic duct. It is of variable length. It contains a 'spiral valve', which does not provide much resistance to the flow of bile.
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Function
Bile can flow in both directions between the gallbladder and the common hepatic duct and the (common) bile duct.
In this way, bile is stored in the gallbladder in between meal times and released after a fatty meal.
Clinical significance
During a cholecystectomy, the cystic duct is clipped two or three times and a cut is made between the clips, freeing the gallbladder to be taken out. Cholecystectomy (/ˌkɔləsɪsˈtɛktəmi/ plural cholecystectomies is the surgical removal of the Gallbladder.
See also
Additional images
 The gall-bladder and bile ducts laid open. An accessory Bile duct is a Conduit that transports Bile and is considered to be Supernumerary or auxiliary to the Biliary tree. |
 The portal vein and its tributaries. |
External links
- cystic+duct at eMedicine Dictionary
- SUNY Figs 38:06-03 - "The gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind "
- SUNY Labs 38:14-0106 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Gallbladder and the Bile System"
- Norman/Georgetown liver (liverinferior, biliarysystem)
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