Accessory bile duct

An accessory bile duct is a conduit that transports bile and is considered to be supernumerary or auxiliary to the biliary tree.

Accessory bile duct
Anatomical terminology

It may be described by its location relative to the gallbladder as supravesicular (superior to the gallbladder body) or subvesicular (inferior to the gallbladder body).

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