Pancreatic duct
Duct associated with the human pancreas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pancreatic duct or duct of Wirsung (also, the major pancreatic duct due to the existence of an accessory pancreatic duct) is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct. This supplies it with pancreatic juice from the exocrine pancreas, which aids in digestion.
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Pancreatic duct | |
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Details | |
Precursor | Pancreatic bud |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ductus pancreaticus |
MeSH | D010183 |
TA98 | A05.9.01.015 |
TA2 | 3129 |
FMA | 10419 |
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