accessory pancreatic duct
- accessory pancreatic duct
accessory pancreatic duct n a duct of the pancreas that branches from the chief pancreatic duct and opens into the duodenum above it called also duct of Santorini
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accessory duct of Santorini ductus pancreaticus accessorius.
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