Word: papilla
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Next a thin wire, covered with plastic except at its tip, is passed through the endoscope and positioned in the papilla, the nipple-like opening to the bile duct...
...electric current sent through this wire papillotome burns a larger opening in the papilla and cauterizes the wound. Stones can then pass from the bile duct into the duodenum and on through the intestine...
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