bile canaliculus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001283
An intercellular channel that takes up bile from hepatocytes, transporting it to the bile ducts. [ MP:0008991 ]
Term info
- TAO:0005163
- EMAPA:36534
- ZFA:0005163
- MA:0002495
- SCTID:270023005
- Wikipedia:Bile_canaliculus
- UMLS:C0005393 (ncithesaurus:Bile_Canaliculus)
- FMA:17547
- MESH:D001648
- NCIT:C32202
- BTO:0002841
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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]
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]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gray1094.png
bile capillary, biliary canaliculus, bile canaliculi
uberon
UBERON:0001283
Bile canaliculus
Term relations
- anatomical space
- anatomical entity
- part of some hepatic cord
- part of some liver lobule
- contributes to morphology of some liver lobule
- part of some bile duct