Intrahepatic bile ducts compose the outflow system of

exocrine Exocrine glands are glands that secrete substances on to an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate and mucous. Exocrine glands are one of t ...

bile product from the

liver The liver is a major organ only found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it ...

. 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 The interlobular bile ducts (or interlobular ductules) carry bile in the liver between the Canals of Hering and the interlobar bile ducts. They are part of the interlobular portal triad and can be easily localized by looking for the much larger ...

(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 Ultrasonography of dilated bile ducts

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