continuous with continuous_with continuous with develops_from develops from develops from channel for channels_into tube ventral pancreatic duct A duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the exocrine pancreas. The pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct just prior to the ampulla of Vater, after which both ducts perforate the medial side of the second portion of the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla. main pancreatic duct duct of Wirsung canal of Wirsung pancreatic duct hepaticopancreatic duct ductus pancreatis ventralis chief pancreatic duct common bile duct bile ventral pancreatic bud hepatopancreatic ampulla pancreatic duct