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Lec 7 Pancreas
Lec 7 Pancreas
Lec 7 Pancreas
THE PANCREAS
Location of pancreas :
• Continues from the neck and lies to the left of the superior
mesenteric vessels
• Most of the time, the main pancreatic duct and the bile duct unite
to form the short, dilated hepatopancreatic ampulla (of vater),
which opens into the descending part of the duodenum at the
summit of the major duodenal papilla
Accessory pancreatic duct
• Opens into the duodenum at the summit of the minor duodenal papilla