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PANCREATIC DUCT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pancreatic duct" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Meronyms (parts of "pancreatic duct"):
musculus sphincter ductus pancreatici (the smooth muscle sphincter of the main pancreatic duct)
Holonyms ("pancreatic duct" is a part of...):
pancreas (a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin)
Context examples:
An enzyme producing region of the pancreatic tissue containing the pancreatic acini and exocrine intralobular ducts which collectively secrete the digestive enzymes into the main pancreatic duct to drain into the duodenal part of the small intestine.
(Exocrine Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically, there is proliferation of mucin-producing cells within the pancreatic ducts, intraductal accumulation of mucin, and a papillary growth pattern.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A smaller tube (catheter) is then inserted through the endoscope into the bile and pancreatic ducts.
(Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, NCI Dictionary)
