bile canaliculi

bile canaliculi
biliary canaliculi fine tubular canals running between liver cells throughout the parenchyma, usually occurring singly between each adjacent pair of cells, and forming a three-dimensional network of polyhedral meshes, with a single cell in each mesh. Called also bile capillaries.

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