Where it is
The first part of the small intestine, on the right side (dashed outline).
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Digestive system
- Region
- Abdomen
What it is and what it does
The duodenum leaves the pylorus, makes the cranial flexure, descends on the right side of the abdomen as the descending duodenum, next to the right kidney and lateral to the ascending colon, turns back through the caudal flexure and climbs toward the duodenojejunal flexure. It receives bile and pancreatic juice through the major duodenal papilla. Being on the right, in the view from the left it is drawn with a dashed outline.
Worth remembering
Bile and pancreatic juice arrive here. Being on the right, in the view from the left it is drawn with a dashed outline.
Names
- Latin term: duodenum.
- In Romanian: Duodenul (Romanian page).