Anterior margin of pancreas
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| Anterior margin of pancreas | |
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| 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 | margo anterior corporis pancreatis |
| Gray's | subject #251 1201 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_04/12514331 |
The anterior margin of pancreas separates the anterior from the inferior surface, and along this border the two layers of the transverse mesocolon diverge from one another; one passing upward over the anterior surface, the other backward over the inferior surface.
External links
- anterior+border+of+body+of+pancreas at eMedicine Dictionary
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