122 DIGESTION 



the right is much the larger. These two lobes are con- 

 nected on the under side by ducts which emerge from 

 each lobe and fuse into a common duct called the hepatic 



Fig. 42 — Eelation of bile duct and pancreatic duct to stomach and intestine. 



duct. On the under side is also located a small sac (the 

 gall bladder), in which the bile secreted by the liver is 

 stored until needed by the intestine. From this sac 

 another duct (the cystic), leads, and fuses with the 

 hepatic duct to form the common bile duct which opens 

 into the duodenum. Two large blood vessels (the portal 



