ventral pancreas
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ven·tral pan·cre·as
that portion of the primordium of the pancreas that develops, together with the hepatic diverticulum, as a ventral pancreatic bud from the foregut endoderm.
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ventral pancreas
An outgrowth at the angle of the hepatic diverticulum and the embryonic gut that migrates and fuses with the dorsal pancreas. It forms the head of the definitive organ.
See also: pancreas
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