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Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 09:34, 11 July 2008
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*Mesoduodenum attaches the duodenum to the dorsal abdominal wall.
*Mesoduodenum attaches the duodenum to the dorsal abdominal wall.
*The pancreatic and bile ducts open into the duodenum.
*The pancreatic and bile ducts open into the duodenum.
**The bile duct and one of the pancreatic ducts discharge into the proximal part of the duodenum by separate ''major duodenal papillae''.
**The second pancreatic duct discharges a little more distally on a smaller papilla.
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