common hepatic duct in dogs

Predominantly extrahepatic bile duct which is formed by the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts, which are predominantly intrahepatic, and, in turn, joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct[GAID]. 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 left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver). The common hepatic duct then joins the cystic duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the common hepatic duct is

Predominantly extrahepatic bile duct which is formed by the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts, which are predominantly intrahepatic, and, in turn, joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct[GAID]. 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 left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver). The common hepatic duct then joins the cystic duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct[WP]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the common hepatic duct is

It sits within the digestive system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the common hepatic duct connects to

The atlas records 10 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of extrahepatic part of hepatic duct.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the common hepatic duct. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as ductus hepaticus communis and hepatic duct. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001175, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the common hepatic duct?

It sits within the digestive system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the common hepatic duct connect to?

Part of: extrahepatic part of hepatic duct.

Is the common hepatic duct the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.