bile canaliculus

Preferred Label : bile canaliculus;

Uberon definition : An intercellular channel that takes up bile from hepatocytes, transporting it to the bile ducts.;

Uberon related term : bile capillary; bile canaliculi; biliary canaliculus;

Uberon Function note : conducts the flow of bile countercurrent to the direction of portal blood flow and connects with the canal of Hering[DOI:10.1002/cphy.c120027];

Uberon Structure note : The bile canaliculi merge and form bile ductules, which eventually become common hepatic duct. Hepatocytes are polyhedral in shape, therefore having no set shape or design. They have surfaces facing the sinusoids, (called sinusoidal faces) and surfaces which contact other hepatocytes, (called lateral faces). Bile canaliculi are formed by grooves on some of the lateral faces of these hepatocytes. Microvilli are present in the canaliculi but are sparse. [WP];

Details

Origin ID

0001283;

UMLS CUI

C0005393;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bile Canaliculus [NCIt concept]
- Bile canaliculus [FMA entity]
- Entire bile canaliculus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of bile canaliculus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bile canaliculi [MeSH Descriptor]
- bile canaliculus [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Bile Canaliculus [NCIt concept]
- Bile canaliculus [FMA entity]
- Structure of bile canaliculus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bile canaliculi [MeSH concept]
- bile canaliculi [MeSH Descriptor]
- bile canaliculus [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Bile Canaliculus [NCIt concept]
- Bile canaliculus [FMA entity]
- Entire bile canaliculus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
contributes to morphology of
- liver lobule [UBERON concept]
part of
- bile duct [UBERON concept]
- hepatic cord [UBERON concept]
- liver lobule [UBERON concept]

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