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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
Subsets
vertebrate_core
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]
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uberon
has related synonym
papilla duodeni major, ampulla Vaterii, ampulla hepatopancreatica
id
UBERON:0004913