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BLANCH NOLOGY 



Relations. The Head (caput pancreatis) is flattened from before backward, and 

 is lodged within the curve of the duodenum. Its upper border is overlapped by the 





FIG. 1098. The duodenum and pancreas. 



superior part of the duodenum and its lower overlaps the horizontal part; its right 

 and left borders overlap in front, and insinuate themselves behind, the descending 



Celiac artery 



Superior mesenteric artery 



Area for Diaphragm 



FIG. 1099. The pancreas and duodenum from behind. (From model by His.) 



and ascending parts of the duodenum respectively. The angle of junction of the 

 lower and left lateral borders forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process. In 



