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body of pancreas
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The body of the pancreas is a subsection of the pancreas organ in the human body. It is somewhat prismatic in shape, and has three surfaces: anterior, posterior, and inferior. It is at the same level as the transpyloric plane. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_pancreas ]
Term info
Label
body of pancreas
Synonyms
- pancreas body
- pancreatic body
Subsets
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Illu_pancreas_duodenum.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
pancreas corpus, corpus pancreatis
homology notes
Hagfish and lampreys may have one or more endocrine buds - and later the vertebrate pancreas develop as independent ventral and dorsal buds that eventually fuse to become one organ.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001150