Medical Definition of Accessory pancreas

1. A detached portion of pancreatic tissue, usually the uncinate process, and hence most often found in the vicinity of the head of the pancreas, but may occur within the gut wall (stomach or duodenum). Synonym: pancreas accessorium. Annular pancreas, a ring of pancreas encircling the duodenum, caused by a failure of the embryologic ventral pancreas to migrate to the right of the duodenum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accessory Pancreas

accessory ligaments
accessory meningeal branch of middle meningeal artery
accessory mineral
accessory minerals
accessory molecules
accessory nasal cartilages
accessory nerve
accessory nerve lymph nodes
accessory nerve trunk
accessory nerves
accessory olivary nuclei
accessory organs
accessory organs of the eye
accessory pancreas (current term)
accessory pancreatic duct
accessory parotid gland
accessory phrenic nerves
accessory pigment
accessory placenta
accessory plantar ligaments
accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve
accessory process
accessory quadrate cartilage
accessory saphenous vein
accessory shoe
accessory shoes
accessory sign
accessory spleen

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