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Extrahepatic Biliary Tract in Chinchilla ( C hinchilla laniger , M olina)
Author(s) -
Nowak E.,
Kuchinka J.,
Szczurkowski A.,
Kuder T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/ahe.12137
Subject(s) - anatomy , hepatoduodenal ligament , biliary tract , major duodenal papilla , common bile duct , biliary ducts , chinchilla , biology , gallbladder , bile duct , cystic duct , comparative anatomy , medicine , surgery , resection
Summary The aim of the study was the macromorphological analysis of extrahepatic biliary tract in chinchilla ( C hinchilla laniger M olina). Bile ducts, the gall bladder and portal vein were injected with coloured latex. Using the technique of dissection, bile ducts were isolated from the liver lobes. It was found that the cystic duct in this species is rarely single. Hepatic ducts form a system of multiple anastomosing structures running in the hepatoduodenal ligament. Many bile duct openings were observed in the duodenal papilla. The results confirm wide variations of the biliary tract in mammals and may be important for comparative analysis of the morphological differentiation of these structures in small mammals.