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hepatopancreatic ampulla

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Term info

Label

hepatopancreatic ampulla

database cross reference
Subsets

vertebrate_core

definition

A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Biliary_system_new.svg

external definition

Ampulla formed by the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct where they enter the intestine.[TAO]

has exact synonym

ampulla of Vater, biliaropancreatic ampulla, ampulla biliaropancreatica, papilla Vateri, Vater's ampulla, ampulla of bile duct

has related synonym

papilla duodeni major, ampulla Vaterii, ampulla hepatopancreatica

id

UBERON:0004913

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl