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dorsal pancreatic duct
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A pancreatic duct that develops from the dorsal pancreatic bud. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_pancreatic_duct ]
Term info
Label
dorsal pancreatic duct
Synonyms
- Santorini's duct
- accessory pancreatic duct
- duct of Santorini
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has alternative id
UBERON:0005603
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
ductus pancreatis dorsalis, accessory pancreatic duct of santorini, pancreatic duct of santorini, ductus pancreaticus accessorius
homology notes
These data show that ducts within the zebrafish pancreas originally arise in situ from isolated progenitor cells rather than arising from reiterative branching of the pancreatic epithelium. This process of pancreatic duct formation in zebrafish may be analogous to the mechanism of duct formation in the mammalian mammary and salivary glands. (...) A related mechanism of duct formation has also been proposed to occur within the mammalian pancreatic epithelium.[uncertain][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0005429
taxon notes
Most humans have just one pancreatic duct. However, some have an additional accessory pancreatic duct also called the Duct of Santorini, which connects straight to the duodenum at the minor duodenal papilla. Both these ducts connect to the second part (the vertical one) of the duodenum. However, the Duct of Santorini, which bypasses the Ampulla of Vater, is non-functional whereas the Duct of Wirsung is functional and carries the digestive enzymes released by the pancreas. It is named for Giovanni Domenico Santorini