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Definition of Pancreatic duct
1. Noun. A duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine.
Group relationships: Pancreas
Terms within: Musculus Sphincter Ductus Pancreatici
Medical Definition of Pancreatic duct
1. The excretory duct of the pancreas that extends through the gland from tail to head where it empties into the duodenum at the greater duodenal papilla. Synonym: ductus pancreaticus, Hoffmann's duct, Wirsung's canal, Wirsung's duct. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancreatic Duct
Literary usage of Pancreatic duct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"At autopsy the duodenum was the seat of an extensive carcinomatous ulcer, into
the base of which the pancreatic duct opened. ..."
2. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1922)
"Since then the condition has been produced experimentally by the injection of
various substances into the pancreatic duct, including normal bile during ..."
3. A Text-book of pathology by Alfred Stengel (1899)
"The pancreatic duct. Obstruction of the pancreatic duct may be due to tumors of the
... Dilatation of the pancreatic duct and atrophy of the pancreas, ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Neither the common duct nor the pancreatic duct is guarded by a valve, and it is
pointed out that if it were not for the presence of the gall bladder, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Pancreatic juice may be obtained from animals by introducing a canula into the
pancreatic duct and by an operation providing an external opening for this ..."
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