Tags: Anatomical Structure.

A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile.Bile required for the digestion of food is secreted by the liver into passages that carry bile toward the hepatic duct which joins with the cystic duct (carrying bile to and from the gallbladder) to form the common bile duct which opens into the intestine.

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