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pancreatic duct (Wirsung canal, Hoffman or Wirsung duct)

The excretory duct of the pancreas that extends through the gland from tail to head, where it empties into the duodenum at the greater duodenal papilla.

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parts of duodenum

General

ductus

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

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