The body of the pancreas is a subsection of the pancreas organ in the human body. It is somewhat prismatic in shape, and has three surfaces: anterior, posterior, and inferior. It is at the same level as the transpyloric plane. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_pancreas ]
Synonyms: pancreatic body pancreas body
Term information
- EHDAA:9178
- SCTID:362202004
- UMLS:C0227582 (ncithesaurus:Body_of_the_Pancreas)
- MA:0000121
- EMAPA:17504
- Wikipedia:Body_of_pancreas
- FMA:14518
- VHOG:0000451
- EHDAA2:0001368
- NCIT:C12270
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Illu_pancreas_duodenum.jpg
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/pancreas-female/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-f-pancreas.glb
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/pancreas-male/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-m-pancreas.glb
Hagfish and lampreys may have one or more endocrine buds - and later the vertebrate pancreas develop as independent ventral and dorsal buds that eventually fuse to become one organ.[well established][VHOG]