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FIG. 1098– The duodenum and pancreas. (See enlarged image)



FIG. 1099– The pancreas and duodenum from behind. (From model by His.) (See enlarged image)


Relations.—The Head (caput pancreatis) is flattened from before backward, and is lodged within the curve of the duodenum. Its upper border is overlapped by the superior part of the duodenum and its lower overlaps the horizontal part; its right and left borders overlap in front, and insinuate themselves behind, the descending and ascending parts of the duodenum respectively. The angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process. In

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