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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. [edit] External links
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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