| Omental tuber | |
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| 1: Head of pancreas 2: Uncinate process of pancreas 3: Pancreatic notch 4: Body of pancreas 5: Anterior surface of pancreas 6: Inferior surface of pancreas 7: Superior margin of pancreas 8: Anterior margin of pancreas 9: Inferior margin of pancreas 10: Omental tuber 11: Tail of pancreas 12: Duodenum |
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| Latin | tuber omentale pancreatis, tuber omentale corporis pancreatis |
| Gray's | subject #251 1201 |
Where the anterior surface of the pancreas joins the neck there is a well-marked prominence, the tuber omentale, which abuts against the posterior surface of the lesser omentum.
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