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of this half is in contact with the spleen (e). The other half 

 {a) lies in the duodenal omentum between the limits of the 

 duodenal U {c) and reaches to the bottom of the U. The 

 pancreas has two ducts. The larger pancreatic duct (/^) 

 (sometimes known as the duct of Wirsung) collects the pan- 

 creatic fluid from both halves of the gland, the ductlets from 

 each half uniting to make two larger ducts, which then unite 

 near the angle of the gland to make the pancreatic duct. This 

 is short and broad and opens into the ampulla of Vater together 

 with the common bile-duct. The accessory pancreatic duct 



Fui. 102. — Pancreas and Spleen. 

 The oesophagus has been cut and the stomach turned caudad, so that the dorsal 

 surface of the stomach anil the ventral surface of the duodenum are seen, a, jian- 

 creas {a, duodenal portion; a' , gastric portion); /', pancreatic duct; c. duodenum; d, 

 stomach; e, spleen. 



(duct of Santorini) opens into the duodenum about two centi- 

 meters caudoventrad of the ampulla of Vater. It is formed by 

 the union of branches which anastomose with those of the 

 pancreatic duct. It is apparently sometimes lacking. 



Spleen. Lien. — The spleen (Fig. 102, c) is a deep red, 

 flattened, elongated gland belonging to the lymphatic system. 

 One of its ends, the left, lies against the free end of the gastric 

 half of the pancreas and is broader than the other end. The 

 spleen is curved and is suspended in the descending limb of the 

 great omentum so that it follows the greater curvature of the 

 stomach {d). 



