Uncinate process of pancreas

Uncinate process of pancreas
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
Latin	processus uncinatus pancreatis
Gray's	subject #251 1200
Artery	superior mesenteric artery

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 duodenum c-shape is formed while rotating the ventral pancreatic bud into the dorsal bud. The dorsal and ventral pancreatic bud fuses. The dorsal pancreatic bud becomes the head, body and tail of the pancreas and the ventral pancreatic bud forms the uncinate process.

Note the uncinate process, unlike the remainer of the organ, passes posteriorly to the superior mesenteric vessels.

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."
• pancreas at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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