Pancreatic bud
Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. (His.) A X 30. B X 20.
Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks.
Precursor	Foregut (superior portion)
Gives rise to	Pancreas, pancreatic duct

The ventral and dorsal pancreatic buds (or pancreatic diverticula) are outgrowths of the duodenum during human embryogenesis. They join together to form the adult pancreas.

The dorsal pancreatic bud gives rise to the accessory pancreatic duct, while the ventral pancreatic bud gives rise to the major pancreatic duct.

In pancreas divisum, the buds fail to fuse.

[edit] Additional images

Pancreas of a human embryo of five weeks.

Pancreas of a human embryo at end of sixth week.

[edit] External links

• digest-019 — Embryology at UNC
• Embryology at UNSW Notes/endocrine10
• Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) sdigestive/pankreas01
• http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/peritoneal_dev_module/peritoneal_07.html

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