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Description

The pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung, is a duct joining the pancreas to the bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the exocrine pancreas. Most people have one pancreatic duct, which joins the biliary tract just prior to the ampulla of Vater. Many others have an additional accessory pancreatic duct, called duct of Santorini, which connects straight to the duodenum. Both these ducts connect to the second part (the vertical one) of the duodenum.However, The Duct of Santorini which bypasses the Ampulla of Vater is non-functional whereas the Duct of Wirsung is functional and carries the digestive enzymes released by the pancreas. Compression, obstruction or inflammation of the pancreatic duct may lead to acute pancreatitis. The most common cause for obstruction is choledocholithiasis, or gallstones in the common bile duct. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Pancreatic duct (Wikipedia)

Basic Part Properties

Part Name
Pancreatic duct
Part Display Name
Pancreatic duct
Part Type
System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
Created On
2000-05-03
Construct for LOINC Short Name
PD

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Проток поджелудочной железы
zh-CN Chinese (China) 胰管
it-IT Italian (Italy) Dotto pancreatico
el-GR Greek (Greece) Παγκρεατικός πόρος
Synonyms: Παγκρεατικός πόρος