The fusion of the hepatic duct with the cystic duct forms the
A) hepatic portal vein.
B) porta hepatis.
C) common bile duct.
D) common pancreatic duct.
E) bile canaliculus.

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The fusion of the hepatic duct with the cystic duct forms the common bile duct. The common bile duct then joins with the pancreatic duct to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla, which empties into the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla.

The Fusion of the Hepatic Duct with the Cystic Duct