Canals of Hering

{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}

{{Short description|Part of the liver}}

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| Name = Canals of Hering

| Latin = ductulus bilifer

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| Caption = The canal of Hering, not labeled, leads to the bile ductule

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The canals of Hering, or intrahepatic bile ductules, are part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver. Liver stem cells are hypothesized to inhabit the canals.{{cite journal | last=Oliva | first=Joan | last2=French | first2=Barbara A. | last3=Qing | first3=X. | last4=French | first4=Samuel W. | title=The identification of stem cells in human liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma | journal=Experimental and Molecular Pathology | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=88 | issue=3 | year=2010 | issn=0014-4800 | doi=10.1016/j.yexmp.2010.01.003 | pages=331–340| pmc=3593713 }}{{cite journal | last=De Alwis | first=Nimantha | last2=Hudson | first2=Gavin | last3=Burt | first3=Alastair D. | last4=Day | first4=Christopher P. | last5=Chinnery | first5=Patrick F. | title=Human liver stem cells originate from the canals of hering | journal=Hepatology | publisher=Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | volume=50 | issue=3 | date=2009-07-07 | issn=0270-9139 | doi=10.1002/hep.23160 | pages=992–993| doi-access=free }}