Pancreatic duct - wikipedia Pancreatic duct Pancreatic duct The pancreatic duct. Details Precursor Pancreatic bud Identifiers Latin ductus pancreaticus MeSH D010183 TA A05. 9.01. 015 FMA 10419 Anatomical terminology ( edit on Wikidata ) 1. Bile ducts : 2. Intrahepatic bile ducts, 3. Left and right hepatic ducts, 4. Common hepatic duct, 5. Cystic duct, 6. Common bile duct, 7. Ampulla of Vater, 8. Major duodenal papilla 9. Gallbladder, 10 -- 11. Right and left lobes of liver. 12. Spleen. 13. Esophagus. 14. Stomach. 15. Pancreas : 16. Accessory pancreatic duct, 17. Pancreatic duct. 18. Small intestine : 19. Duodenum, 20. Jejunum 21 -- 22. Right and left kidneys. The front border of the liver has been lifted up ( brown arrow ). The pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung ( also, the major pancreatic duct due to the existence of an accessory pancreatic duct ), is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juice provided from the exocrine pancreas which aids in digestion. The pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct just prior to the ampulla of Vater, after which both ducts perforate the medial side of the second portion of the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla. There are many anatomical variants reported but these are quite rare. The duct of Wirsung is named after its discoverer, the German anatomist Johann Georg Wirsung ( 1589 -- 1643 ). Contents 1 Accessory pancreatic duct 2 Clinical significance 3 Additional images 4 References Accessory pancreatic duct Most people have just one pancreatic duct. However, some have an additional accessory pancreatic duct, called the Duct of Santorini. An accessory pancreatic duct can be functional or non-functional and may open separately into the second part of the duodenum which is dorsal and usually ( in 70 % ) drains into the duodenum via the minor duodenal papilla. In the other 30 % it drains into the main pancreatic duct, which drains into the duodenum via the major duodenal papilla. The main pancreatic duct and the accessory duct both eventually - either directly or indirectly - connect to the second part ( ' D2 ', the vertical segment ) of the duodenum. It is named for Giovanni Domenico Santorini. Clinical significance Compression, obstruction or inflammation of the pancreatic duct may lead to acute pancreatitis. The most common cause for obstruction is the presence of gallstones in the common bile duct, a condition called choledocholithiasis. Obstruction can also be due to duodenal inflammation in Crohn 's disease. A gallstone may get lodged in the constricted distal end of the ampulla of Vater, where it blocks the flow of both bile and pancreatic juice into the duodenum. Bile backing up into the pancreatic duct may initiate pancreatitis. The pancreatic duct is generally regarded as abnormally enlarged if being over 3 mm in the head and 2 mm in the body or tail. Pancreatic ductal carcinoma is a common form of pancreatic cancer. Additional images ERCP image showing the pancreatic duct and biliary tree. Accessory digestive system. Interior of the descending portion of the duodenum, showing bile papilla. Pancreas of a human embryo of five weeks. Pancreas of a human embryo at end of sixth week. Pancreatic duct Deep dissection. Anterior view. References Jump up ^ editor - in - chief, Susan Standring ; section editors, Neil R. Borley ; et al. ( 2008 ). Gray 's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice ( 40th ed. ). London : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 1163, 1177, 1185 -- 6. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8089 - 2371 - 8. CS1 maint : Explicit use of et al. ( link ) CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Goel, Shivi ; Rustagi, SM ; Saha, S ; Mehta, V ; Suri, RK ; Rath, G ( July 2015 ). `` Aberrant pancreatic ductal organisation : a case report ''. Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA. 37 ( 5 ) : 543 -- 6. doi : 10.1007 / s00276 - 015 - 1474 - z. PMID 25840941. Jump up ^ doctor / 2941 at Who Named It ? Jump up ^ Moore KL, Dalley AF. 2006. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 5th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p 287. Jump up ^ 1. Mchonde GJ, Gesase AP. Termination pattern of main and accessory pancreatic ducts among Tanzanians. Anatomy Journal of Africa. 2014 ; 3 ( 1 ) : 223 - 227. Jump up ^ synd / 3087 at Who Named It ? Jump up ^ G.D. Santorini. Observationes anatomicae. Venetiis, apus J.B. Recurti, 1724 Jump up ^ http://www.gastro.org/user-assets/html/eDigest/2005/December/1/120105.htm Jump up ^ Moore, Keith L. ; Dalley, Arthur F. ( 2006 ). Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Fifth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 287. ISBN 0 - 7817 - 3639 - 0. Jump up ^ Edge, Mark D ( 2007 ). `` Clinical significance of main pancreatic duct dilation on computed tomography : Single and double duct dilation ''. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 13 ( 11 ) : 1701. doi : 10.3748 / wjg. v13. i11. 1701. ISSN 1007 - 9327. Anatomy of the liver, pancreas and biliary tree Liver Bare area Cantlie line Ligamentum venosum Porta hepatis Round ligament Lobes of liver Caudate Quadrate Fibrous capsule of Glisson Perisinusoidal space Liver sinusoid Periportal space Portal triad Lobules of liver Liver segment Microanatomy Hepatocyte Hepatic stellate cell Kupffer cell Biliary tract Bile ducts Intrahepatic bile ducts Bile canaliculus Canals of Hering Interlobular Left hepatic duct Right hepatic duct Common hepatic duct Gallbladder Cystic duct Common bile duct Ampulla of Vater Sphincter of Oddi Cells Cholecystocyte Pancreas Gross Tail Body Neck Head ( Uncinate process ) Ducts main accessory Microanatomy Pancreatic islets Centroacinar cell Stellate cell Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pancreatic_duct&oldid=825186836 '' Categories : Pancreas anatomy Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Explicit use of et al. 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Question: where does the pancreatic duct connect to the duodenum
Answer: ampulla of Vater