| facies posterior pancreatis | The posterior surface of the pancreas. Synonym: facies posterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| facies anterior pancreatis | The anterior surface of the pancreas. Synonym: facies anterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| facies inferior pancreatis | The surface of the body of the pancreas that faces downward. Synonym: facies inferior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria caudae pancreatis | Origin, splenic artery near the left gastroepiploic; distribution, the tail of the pancreas; anastomoses, with other pancreatic arteries. Synonym: arteria caudae pancreatis, caudal pancreatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caput pancreatis | That portion of the pancreas lying in the concavity of the duodenum. Synonym: caput pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo anterior pancreatis | The sharp margin between the anterior and inferior surfaces of the pancreas. Synonym: margo anterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo inferior pancreatis | The border of the pancreas separating the inferior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo inferior pancreatis, margo inferior splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo superior pancreatis | The uppermost border of the body of the pancreas that separates the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo superior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars endocrina pancreatis | See: pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars exocrina pancreatis | pars exocrina pancreatis |
| cauda pancreatis | The left extremity of the pancreas within the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: cauda pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpus pancreatis | The part of the pancreas from the point where it crosses the portal vein to the point where it enters the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: corpus pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| processus uncinatus pancreatis | A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura pancreatis | A notch separating the uncinate process of the head of the pancreas from the neck. Synonym: incisura pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies antebrachialis posterior | An alternate term for posterior region of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies articularis posterior dentis | The facet on the posterior surface of the dens of the axis that articulates with the transverse ligament of the atlas. Synonym: facies articularis posterior dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |