Common hepatic duct
Ductus hepaticus communis
DigestiveOrgansAbdomen
- What it is
- Formed at the porta hepatis by the union of the right and left hepatic ducts; descends in the free edge of the lesser omentum to meet the cystic duct.
- Function
- Carries all the bile leaving the liver.
- Size
- About 3 cm long and 6 mm wide.
- Clinical note
- With the cystic duct and the liver it bounds the hepatocystic (Calot's) triangle, which surgeons clear before clipping the cystic duct and artery.