ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 



495 



sphincter muscle of the bile-duct. (Cf. Fig. 260, and Hendrick- 

 son's description.) 



Pancreas. (Vide Figs. 261-3, and Spalteholz, Figs. 584, 585.) 



Review the embryology of the pancreas. What are the ventral and 

 dorsal anlages? (Vide Kollmann, Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen, 

 p. 370.) 



Study the pancreas in your cadaver and make frequent use 

 of models and atlases. The secretion of the gland is called the 

 pancreatic juice (succus pancreaticus) . 



FIG. 261. 



Apex suprarenalis. . . 

 (gl. dextrae) 



V. portae - - - 



Glandnla suprarenalis (sinistra) 



, Ren (sinister) 



,.Lien 

 Pancreas 



Ren (dexter) 



Pars descend- 

 ens duodeni 



A. mesenteric-a supeiior 



Relations of the pancreas. After models by His. The contour of the stomach is projected in red. 

 (From Poirier et Charpy, Trait6 d'Anat. hum., Paris, 1901, 2 ed., t. iv. p. 806, Fig. 415.) 



Divisions. 



(a) Head of pancreas (caput pancreatis). 



(b) Uncinate process (processus uncinatus [pancreas Winslowi] ) . 



(c) Notch of the pancreas (incisura pancreatis). 



(d) Body of pancreas (corpus pancreatis). 



(da) Anterior surface (fades anterior). 



(db) Posterior surface (fades posterior). 



