ampulla of Vater (redirected from Ampulla hepatopancreatica)

Ampulla of Vater

The widened portion of the duct through which the bile and pancreatic juices enter the intestine. Ampulla is a Latin word for a bottle with a narrow neck that opens into a wide body.

Mentioned in: Jaundice

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ampulla of Vater.

See hepatopancreatic ampulla.

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ampulla

pl. ampullae [L.] a flasklike dilatation of a tubular structure, especially of the expanded ends of the semicircular canals of the ear. See also ampullar.

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ampulla chyli

cisterna chyli.

ampulla coli

the enormously dilated part of the right dorsal colon of the horse.

ampulla ductus deferentis

the enlarged glandular urethral end of the ductus deferens.

Henle's ampulla

ampulla ductus deferentis.

hepatopancreatic ampulla

ampulla of Vater; in humans, a flasklike cavity in the major duodenal papilla into which the common bile duct and pancreatic duct open.

Lieberkühn's ampulla

the blind termination of the lacteals in the villi of the intestines.

ampullae membranaceae

the dilatations at one end of each of the three semicircular ducts.

ampullae osseae

the dilatations at one of the ends of the semicircular canals.

phrenic ampulla

the dilatation at the diaphragmatic end of the esophagus in some species.

rectal ampulla

the dilated portion of the rectum just proximal to the anal canal, prominent in the horse.

ampulla of Thoma

one of the small terminal expansions of an interlobar artery in the pulp of the spleen.

uterine tube ampulla

the longest and widest portion of the uterine tube, between the infundibulum and the isthmus of the tube.

vas deferens ampulla

dilatation of the terminal part of the vas deferens caused by glandular thickening of the wall.

ampulla of Vater

hepatopancreatic ampulla.