Ventral pancreatic duct

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 245385001

Ventral pancreatic duct

Definition

A duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the exocrine pancreas. The pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct just prior to the ampulla of Vater, after which both ducts perforate the medial side of the second portion of the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla.

Also known as chief pancreatic duct, duct of Wirsung, main pancreatic duct — per UBERON

Related record Atlas Médico also holds Pancreatic duct (0 relationships, shares MESH:D010183). These are separate concepts in the source ontology, not duplicates Atlas Médico has merged.

The Ventral pancreatic duct is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Colloid carcinoma of the pancreas Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pancreatic signet ring cell adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Gemcitabine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

1 entry above is marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred it by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts this link directly. Treat it as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0