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CAPILLAIRE BILIAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

In grooves on the surfaces of the hepatic cells are the bile canaliculi, or capillaries, the smallest of the series of bile channels that terminate in the right and left main hepatic ducts.

DEF

"bile canaliculi", fine tubular canals running between liver cells, throughout the parenchyma, usually occurring singly between each adjacent pair of cells, and forming a three-dimensional network of polyhedral meshes, with a single cell in each mesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif
DEF

Fin conduit tubulaire, sans paroi propre, ménagé entre les hépatocytes, recueillant et drainant la bile vers les voies biliaires.

Spanish

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