ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the ampulla of Vater? The ampulla of Vater is a part of your body involved in the digestive system. It’s an area where your common bile duct meets your pancreatic duct . Your common bile duct is a tube that carries bile from your liver and gallbladder to your duodenum, the first part of your small intestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ampulla of Vater is located where your bile duct and pancreatic duct join and empty into your small intestine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ampulla of Vater is located in the posteromedial wall of the second portion of the duodenum. The common bile duct (CBD) normally goes through an oblique, 1-2 cm long intramural region beside the medial wall of the second portion of the duodenum and opens into the duodenum.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ampulla, or ampulla of vater, is where the pancreatic duct and bile duct join together to drain into the duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestine.

Detailed explanation-5: -(am-PUH-luh) A sac-like enlargement of a canal or duct.