Pancreatic bud
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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. | ||
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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[edit] External links
- digest-019 — Embryology at UNC
- Embryology at UNSW Notes/endocrine10
- Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) sdigestive/pankreas01
- http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/peritoneal_dev_module/peritoneal_07.html
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