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hepatopancreatic ampulla

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A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampulla_of_Vater ]

Term info

Label

hepatopancreatic ampulla

Synonyms
  • Vater's ampulla
  • ampulla biliaropancreatica
  • ampulla of Vater
  • ampulla of bile duct
  • biliaropancreatic ampulla
  • papilla Vateri
database cross reference
Subsets

vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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 related synonym

papilla duodeni major, ampulla Vaterii, ampulla hepatopancreatica

id

UBERON:0004913