Where it is
V-shaped: the right lobe next to the descending duodenum, the left lobe next to the greater curvature of the stomach.
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Digestive system
- Region
- Abdomen
What it is and what it does
The pancreas has a right lobe, a body and a left lobe. The right lobe lies in the mesoduodenum, medial and dorsal to the descending duodenum and ventral to the right kidney; the left lobe lies next to the greater curvature of the stomach and extends toward the cranial pole of the left kidney; the body is at the pyloroduodenal junction. The pancreatic duct opens on the major duodenal papilla.
Worth remembering
The body of the gland lies at the passage from the stomach to the duodenum.
Names
- Latin term: pancreas.
- In Romanian: Pancreasul (Romanian page).