Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen
Uncinate process of pancreas elevated; pancreatic arteries
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Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen
Uncinate process of pancreas elevated; pancreatic arteries
The inferior mesenteric vein and artery (4,17) and the uncinate process of the pancreas (21) have been lifted to display a part of the vascular supply to the head of the pancreas. Several arterial arches are visible which provide anastomoses between the gastroduodenal artery and branches of the superior mesenteric artery.
- Superior part of duodenum (cut across)
- Gastroduodenal artery
- Duodenal and pyloric branches of gastroduodenal artery
- Right gastroepiploic artery
- Pancreaticoduodenal branches of gastroduodenal artery
- Head of pancreas
- Descending part of duodenum
- Common bile duct
- Hepatic plexus
- Portal vein
- Proper hepatic artery
- Anastomotic branch between gastroduodenal and superior mesenteric arteries
- Body of pancreas
- Superior mesenteric vein (elevated and cut off)
- Inferior pancreatic artery (a branch of middle colic artery in this specimen)
- Middle colic artery (cut off)
- Superior mesenteric artery (cut off and elevated)
- Superior mesenteric plexus
- Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- Superior mesenteric lymph node
- Uncinate process of pancreas (elevated)
- Ascending part of duodenum
- Straight artery