The pancreas has three surfaces - anterior, posterior, and inferior. Its body extends from the neck to the tail. The anterior border attaches to the transverse mesocolon while the superior border lies near the celiac trunk, hepatic artery, and splenic artery. The main pancreatic duct begins in the tail and runs toward the head where it joins the bile duct. The accessory pancreatic duct also drains into the duodenum separately. The tail of the pancreas lies in the lienorenal ligament between the left kidney and spleen, near the gastric surface of the spleen.

1. Anatomy
of
pancreas
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2. Body of
pancreas
Body of pancreas is
elongated
extend from neck to tail
External features
3 bordes and 3 surfaces
Anterior
Superior
Inferior
Part of body project s
upward Know as tuber
omentale

3. Relation
of borders
Anterior border
Provide attachment to
root of transverse
mesocolon
Superior border
Coeliac trunk
Hepatic artery to the Rt
Spleenic artery to the
left
Inferior border
Superior mesentric
vessels

4. 3 surface of
body of
pancreas
Anterior surface
Covered by peritonium
lesser sac and stomach
Posterior surface
Devoid of peritonium
Aorta, left crus of
diaphragm left kidney, left
supra renal gland, left renal
vessels, splenic vein
Inferior surface
Covered by peritonium,
dedunojejunal flexure, coils
of jejunum, left colic flexure

5. Tail
Of
Pancreas
This is left end of
pancreas
It lies in the
lienorenal ligament
( lies between left
kidney and
spleen)to gether
with spleenic
vessel
Gastric surface of
spleen

6. Ducts of pancreas
2 types of ducts
. Main pancreatic duct
. Accessory pancreatic duct
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Main pancreatic duct
3 mm in diameter
Lies near posterior
surface of pancreas
Begin at tail, run toward
right, bend at neck
Down ward to the right in
the head
With in head of pancreas
pancreatic duct related
with bile duct
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2 ducts enter the wall
of 2 part deuodenum
Join to form
hepatopancreatic
ampulla of varter
Which opens in
major duodenal
papilla 8 to 10 CM
distal to Pylorus

8. Accessory
duct of
pancreas
Begin s in lower part
of head of
pancreas
Cross front of main
duct
Open into
duodenum at minor
duodenal papilla
6 to 8 CM distal to
Pylorus

12. Applied anatomy