Intrahepatic bile ducts

Updated on Sep 21, 2024

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

They can be divided into:

Lobar ducts (right and left hepatic ducts) - stratified columnar epithelium.

Interlobar ducts (between the main hepatic ducts and the interlobular ducts) - pseudostratified columnar epithelium.

Interlobular bile ducts (between the interlobar ducts and the lobules) - simple columnar epithelium.

Intralobular bile ducts (cholangioles or Canals of Hering) - simple cuboidal epithelium, then by hepatocytes

Bile canaliculi - two half-canaliculi formed by the hepatocytes facing the perisinusoidal space

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