hepatobiliary system
The part of the digestive system that contains the liver and the biliary system. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: liver and biliary system, hepaticobiliary system
Term info
- MAT:0000024
- EHDAA:2189
- MA:0000324
- AAO:0011056
- EFO:0000800
- EV:0100088
- ZFA:0000036
- EHDAA2:0000998
- NCIT:C43612
- VHOG:0000294
- Wikipedia:Hepatobiliary_system
- TAO:0000036
- XAO:0000132
- MIAA:0000024
- CALOHA:TS-1308
- EMAPA:16840
- UMLS:C1711359 (ncithesaurus:Hepatobiliary_System)
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
System responsible for the production and movement of bile[ZFIN:curator].
The hepaticobiliary system is responsible for metabolic and catabolic processing of small molecules absorbed from the blood or gut, hormones and serum proteins, detoxification, storage of glycogen, triglycerides, metals and lipid soluble vitamins and excretion of bile. Included are the synthesis of albumin, blood coagulation factors, complement, and specific binding proteins. The parts are: liver, bile duct, gall bladder and hepatic duct [GO:0061008]
liver/biliary system
uberon
UBERON:0002423