What is the function of the 'Canals of Hering'?
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Correct answer: They connect canaliculi to bile ducts
The Canals of Hering (bile ductules) are short channels lined by both hepatocytes and cholangiocytes. They carry bile from the canaliculi out of the lobule into the bile ducts of the portal triads.
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