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What is the abbreviation that indicates visualization of the pancreatic and bile ducts?
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What is another name for pancreatic ducts?
The other name for pancreatic ducts is duct of Wirsung. It joins the pancreas to the bile ducts so that pancreatic juices can aid in digestion of your food.
Why is morphine contraindicated for a patient having surgery for pancreatic cancer?
cause spasm of the pancreatic ducts
What does the medical abbreviation MRCP mean?
MRCP stands for Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography, which is a non-invasive imaging technique used to visualize the bile ducts and pancreatic ducts in the body. It is helpful in diagnosing conditions such as gallstones, strictures, and tumors in these areas.
How does pancreatic juice get into the alimentary canal of a frog?
The pancreatic juice enters the small intestine through the pancreatic ducts
What does cholangiopancreatography mean?
It means visualization of the bile ducts (cholangio) and pancreas (pancreato)
Which two ducts join together to form the ampulla of vater hepatopancreatic ampulla?
The common bile duct and the pancreatic duct are connected to the duodenum. The common bile duct delivers bile from the liver and gallbladder and the pancreatic duct delivers pancreatic juice from the pancreas.
What ducts that deliver bile and pancreatic juice from the liver and pancreas unite to form the?
hepatopancreatic ampulla
Where does pancreatic juice perform its digestive role and how does it get there?
Pancreatic juice performs its functions in the duodenum. It gets there by traveling through the pancreatic duct then enters the duodenum through the hepatopancreatic ampulla (ampulla of Vater).
What is sphincterotomy?
It means cutting of the sphincter or muscle that lies at the juncture of the intestine with both the bile and pancreatic ducts
What is a sphincterotomy?
It means cutting of the sphincter or muscle that lies at the juncture of the intestine with both the bile and pancreatic ducts
What organ absorbs bile and pancreatic juice in digestion?
Bile and pancreatic juice are secreted into the small intestine through ducts. These chemicals assist in digestive processes in the small intestine.
Usually indicates liver problems or blockage of biliary ducts?
Jaundice.
