1. The hepatic ducts, which carry bile from the liver lobes, combine to form the common hepatic duct
2. The common hepatic duct combines with the cyscystic duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct
3. The common bile duct and the pancreatic duct combine to the hepatopancreatic ampulla
4. The hepatopancreatic ampulla empties bile and pancreatic secretions into the duodenum at the minor duodenal papilla