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| 1: Head of pancreas 2: Uncinate process of pancreas 3: Pancreatic notch 4: Body of pancreas 5: Anterior surface of pancreas 6: Inferior surface of pancreas 7: Superior margin of pancreas 8: Anterior margin of pancreas 9: Inferior margin of pancreas 10: Omental tuber 11: Tail of pancreas 12: Duodenum |
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| Latin | processus uncinatus pancreatis |
| Gray's | subject #251 1200 |
| Artery | superior mesenteric artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_34/12667716 |
In the head of the pancreas, the angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process.
During the embryonic development of the distal foregut, the dorsal and ventral pancreatic bud fuses after the stomach rotates. The dorsal pancreatic bud becomes the head, body and tail of the pancreas and the ventral pancreatic bud forms the uncinate process.
External links
- uncinate+process+of+pancreas at eMedicine Dictionary
- SUNY Labs 39:09-0106 - "The Pancreas"
- SUNY Figs 39:03-11 - "The duodenum and pancreas."
- Norman/Georgetown pancreas
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