Accessory pancreatic duct

"Pancreatic duct of Santorini" redirects here. For the pancreatic duct of Wirsung, also known as the main pancreatic duct, see Pancreatic duct.

Accessory pancreatic duct
The pancreatic duct.
Details
Latin	ductus pancreaticus accessorius
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	d_29/12314985
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Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

1. Bile ducts: 2. Intrahepatic bile ducts, 3. Left and right hepatic ducts, 4. Common hepatic duct, 5. Cystic duct, 6. Common bile duct, 7. Ampulla of Vater, 8. Major duodenal papilla
9. Gallbladder, 10–11. Right and left lobes of liver. 12. Spleen.
13. Esophagus. 14. Stomach. 15. Pancreas: 16: Accessory pancreatic duct, 17: Pancreatic duct.
18. Small intestine: 19. Duodenum, 20. Jejunum
21–22: Right and left kidneys (silhouette).
The anterior border of the liver is lifted upwards (brown arrow). Gallbladder with Longitudinal section, pancreas and duodenum with frontal one. Intrahepatic ducts and stomach in transparency.

Most people have just one pancreatic duct. However, some have an additional accessory pancreatic duct also called the Duct of Santorini, which is dorsal and usually (in 70%) drains into to the duodenum via the minor duodenal papilla. In the other 30% it drains into the main pancreatic duct, which drains into the duodenum via the major duodenal papilla. The main pancreatic duct and the accessory duct both eventually - either directly or indirectly - connect to the second part ('D2', the vertical segment) of the duodenum.

The Duct of Santorini is commonly non-functional, whereas the Duct of Wirsung is always functional when present. The two may not be connected.

It is named for Giovanni Domenico Santorini.

External links

• pancreas at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (pancreasduct)