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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen

Dissection of duodenum (continued).

Image #147-5

KEYWORDS: Gallbladder, Liver, Pancreas, Spleen.

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Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen
Dissection of duodenum (continued).
The common bile duct (1) and the pancreatic duct (10) open separately at the duodenal papilla in this specimen. There is, therefore, no hepatopancreatic ampulla.
1 . Common bile duct (opened)
2 . Accessory pancreatic duct
3 . Duodenum (pointer on longitudinal muscle layer of stomach)
4 . Sphincter muscle of common bile duct (sectioned)
5 . Minor duodenal papilla (opened)
6 . Major duodenal papilla (opened)
7 . Muscular layer of duodenum
8 . Longitudinal duodenal fold
9 . Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
10 . Pancreatic duct (opened)
11 . Common bile duct (entering duodenal wall)
12 . Pancreatic duct (entering duodenal wall)
13 . Lymph node
14 . Vena cava (in background, covered by fascia)
15 . Inferior part of duodenum