human_reference_atlas Homo sapiens dorsal pancreatic duct http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Gray1100.png RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000417 Most humans have just one pancreatic duct. However, some have an additional accessory pancreatic duct also called the Duct of Santorini, which connects straight to the duodenum at the minor duodenal papilla. Both these ducts connect to the second part (the vertical one) of the duodenum. However, the Duct of Santorini, which bypasses the Ampulla of Vater, is non-functional whereas the Duct of Wirsung is functional and carries the digestive enzymes released by the pancreas. It is named for Giovanni Domenico Santorini accessory pancreatic duct of santorini Accessory pancreatic duct (Duct of Santorini) A pancreatic duct that develops from the dorsal pancreatic bud. UBERON:0005429 SCTID:245386000 UBERON:0005603 EHDAA2:0001372 EHDAA:3013 Santorini's duct duct of Santorini Wikipedia:Accessory_pancreatic_duct ductus pancreatis dorsalis VHOG:0000255 Papilla of Santorini uberon These data show that ducts within the zebrafish pancreas originally arise in situ from isolated progenitor cells rather than arising from reiterative branching of the pancreatic epithelium. This process of pancreatic duct formation in zebrafish may be analogous to the mechanism of duct formation in the mammalian mammary and salivary glands. (...) A related mechanism of duct formation has also been proposed to occur within the mammalian pancreatic epithelium.[uncertain][VHOG] AS MA:0000125 pancreatic duct of santorini FMA:14534 ductus pancreaticus accessorius papilla of santorini accessory pancreatic duct EMAPA:32953 EHDAA:9188 accessory pancreatic duct (duct of santorini) pancreatic duct