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Body of pancreas
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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 | corpus pancreatis |
| Gray's | subject #251 1201 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_56/12260713 |
The body of the pancreas is a subsection of the pancreas organ in the human body. It is somewhat prismatic in shape, and has three surfaces: anterior, posterior, and inferior.
- SUNY Labs 39:09-0103 - "The Pancreas"
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| Liver | by region: Left lobe (Caudate lobe, Quadrate lobe) - Right lobe - Transverse fissure of liver
by function (Fibrous capsule of Glisson, Hepatocyte, Space of Disse, Space of Mall, Kupffer cell, Liver sinusoid, Ito cell, Hepatic lobule) bile ducts: (Bile canaliculus, Canals of Hering, Interlobular bile ducts, Intrahepatic bile ducts, Left and Right hepatic ducts, Common hepatic duct) |
| Gallbladder | by region (Body, Fundus, Neck) ducts: Cystic duct |
| Pancreas | by region (Tail, Body, Head, Uncinate process)
by function (Islets of Langerhans, Exocrine pancreas) ducts: Pancreatic duct • Accessory pancreatic duct |
| Common | Common bile duct - Hepatopancreatic ampulla - Sphincter of Oddi |