VETERINARY COLLEGE HASSAN
VETERINARY ANATOMY
SUBMITTED TO:
Dr Rajashailesh N M
HOD
Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy
SUBMITTED BY:
Swaroop R
MHVK 2112
Dept. of VSR
PANCREAS

INTRODUCTION
• Pancreas like the liver the pancreas has both an exocrine and endocrine function.
• Its exocrine product, the pancreatic juice, is conveyed to the duodenum by one or
more ducts, depending on the species.
• It contains three enzymes: one for the reduction of proteins, one for
carbohydrates and one for fats.
• The endocrine part of the pancreas produces insulin, glucagon and somatostatin
• The pancreas is located in the dorsal part of the abdominal cavity in close
relationship to the proximal part of the duodenum.
• It can be divided into three parts:
 body of the pancreas (corpus pancreatis),
right lobe of the pancreas(lobus pancreatis dexter)
 left lobe of the pancreas (lobus pancreatis sinister).

PANCREAS-OX
• It is commonly known as sweetbread or abdominal salivary gland
• The pancreas is a racemose gland mostly at the right of the median plane and it is
attached to the visceral surface of the liver by the mesentery.
• When fresh it is reddish cream in colour and resembles salivary gland in appearance. It
weighs about 350 gm. and is irregularly quadrilateral in outline
• It presents two surfaces, four borders and four angles. The dorsal surface is attached
to the liver and diaphragm and mostly covered by peritoneum
• The dorsal surface is related to the liver, ventral face of right kidney and right adrenal,
coeliac, cranial mesenteric artery
• The right side is much larger than the left side and extends backwards beyond the liver
to be included in the mesoduodenum and is in contact with the upper part of the flank
at lumbo-costal angle.
• Between these attachments it is free and forms the ventral wall of epiploic foramen

• The ventral surface faces downward and is normally in contact with the
dorsal curvature of rumen and the intestine.
• The right border is longest of the 4 borders and nearly straight and is
related to the second part of duodenum.
• The left border is short, concave and related to the rumen and splenic
vessels.
• The cranial border is also nearly straight, shorter than the right and is
situated across the liver at the level of the portal fissure.
• The caudal border is irregular, and presents a deep notch through
which the portal vein passes obliquely to the portal fissure of the liver.
• The duodenal or antero-lateral angle is at the level where the
duodenum forms a ‘S’ shaped bend

• The postero-lateral angle is near the iliac flexure of the duodenum
and from this angle the pancreatic duct leaves the gland and opens
into the duodenum close to the iliac flexure
• The antero-medial angle is at the level where the splenic vessels
pass between it and the liver.
• The postero-medial angle forms the left extremity of the gland and
is related to the rumen
• There is only one pancreatic duct, which leaves the gland at the
postero-lateral angle.

Sheep and Goat
• It is arranged as in ox. Its duct unites with the bile duct

PANCREAS (HORSE)
• The gland is triangular in outline with the apex cranial
• It weighs about 350 gm
• The dorsal surface is related to the liver, right kidney, caudal vena
cava and portal vein
• The ventral face is related to the caecum, great colon and small
colon. The right border is related to the second part of duodenum
• The left border is related to the first part of duodenum and left end of
stomach. The caudal border is notched for the caudal vena cava
• The cranial or duodenal angle is attached to the concavity of the
second curve of duodenum and the ducts leave the gland at this level

• The left or splenic angle fits into the space between the saccus caecus
of stomach in front, left kidney behind, spleen dorsally and great
colon ventrally
• The right angle is rounded and lies at the ventral face of the right
kidney
• There are 2 ducts -major and minor. The major duct opens along with
the bile duct in the diverticulum duodeni about 15 cm from the
pylorus
• The minor duct opens into the duodenum on a papilla opposite to
the opening of the chief duct.

PANCREAS (PIG)
• It is triangular in outline
• The left lobe is related to stomach and the right lobe is
attached to the duodenum
• The parenchyma contains large quantity of fat
• The duct passes from the right extremity directly through
the duodenal wall, opening about 4 or 5 inches from the
pylorus.

PANCREAS - DOG
• The pancreas is V shaped consisting of two branches - right and left,
meeting at an acute angle behind pylorus.
• The right branch extends backwards above the first part of the
duodenum and ends a short distance behind the right kidney
• The left branch passes to the left and backwards between the
stomach and transverse colon and ends at the cranial pole of the left
kidney.
• There are two ducts. The major duct opens separately into the
duodenum behind the opening of the bile duct. The minor duct
unites with the bile duct

Fowl
• The pancreas lies within the duodenum between the two limbs of the
duodenum.
• It is usually pale yellow to pink in colour, reaching lengths of up to
140mm in chickens, ducks and geese, and up to 80mm in pigeons.
The pancreas consists of three lobes:
 dorsal lobe (lobus pancreatis dorsalis)
 ventral lobe (lobus pancreatis ventralis)
splenic lobe (lobus pancreatis lienalis).

Blood supply
• The blood supply of the pancreas is provided by the coeliac and
cranial mesenteric arteries.
• The right lobe of the pancreas receives its blood supply from the
cranial pancreaticoduodenal artery, which is a branch of the hepatic
artery.
• The left lobe and the body are vascularised by the splenic artery and
the caudal pancreaticoduodenal artery, a branch of the cranial
mesenteric artery.
• The veins are satellites to the arteries and eventually drain into the
portal vein.

Innervation & Lymphatics
• Innervation: The pancreas receives a parasympathetic and sympathetic
nerve supply.
• Parasympathetic fibres come from the dorsal vagal trunk (truncus
vagalis dorsalis), sympathetic fibres from the solar plexus (plexus
solaris).
• The lymphatics of the pancreas drain into the pancreaticoduodenal
lymph nodes (lymphonodi pancreaticoduodenales), which are part of
the coeliac lymphatics (lymphocentrum coeliacum).

Conclusion
Pancreatic duct system of the different species
 Cat: pancreatic duct large, small accessory pancreatic duct present in
some individuals.
 Dog: pancreatic duct small, missing in some individuals, accessory
pancreatic duct large.
 Pig: accessory pancreatic duct.
Ox: pancreatic duct extremely rare, accessory pancreatic duct.
 Small ruminants pancreatic duct, some sheep with accessory
pancreatic duct.
 Horse: pancreatic duct large, accessory pancreatic duct small