Pancreatic bud
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| Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. (His.) A X 30. B X 20. | ||
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| Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks. | ||
| Precursor | Foregut (superior portion) | |
| Gives rise to | Pancreas, pancreatic duct | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_26/12310132 | |
The ventral and dorsal pancreatic buds (or pancreatic diverticula) are outgrowths of the duodenum during human embryogenesis. They join together to form the adult pancreas.
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 Pancreas of a human embryo of five weeks. |
 Pancreas of a human embryo at end of sixth week. |
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