Path
The path is as follows:
- Bile canaliculi >> Canals of Hering >> bile ductules (in portal tracts) >> intrahepatic bile ducts >> left and right hepatic ducts >>
- merge to form >> common hepatic duct >>
- exits liver and joins >> cystic duct (from gall bladder) >>
- forming >> common bile duct >> joins with >> pancreatic duct >>
- forming >> ampulla of Vater >> enters duodenum
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