PATHOLOGY MCQ
PANCREAS
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Question
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In embryologic development the ____ pancreas rotates around to fuse with the ____ pancreas
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anterior, posterior
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ventral, dorsal
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dorsal, ventral
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tail, body
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The ventral pancreatic duct further fuses with the dorsal pancreatic duct to form the duct of Wirsung or main pancreatic duct, which later joins the common bile duct and drains into major papilla. The majority of normal pancreas drains through this main pancreatic duct.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pancreas and other gastrointestinal organs are derived from the endoderm. The pancreas is formed in the uterus from the fusion of two separate pancreatic ducts, the dorsal and ventral. The dorsal pancreatic bud first appears at approximately embryonic day 9.5 (E9.
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