head of pancreas

Preferred Label : head of pancreas;

Uberon definition : The head of pancreas is a portion of the pancreas that is lodged within the curve of the duodenum, and is flattened anteriorly (from before). The other parts of the pancreas are the body and the tail. Its upper border is overlapped by the superior part of the duodenum and its lower overlaps the horizontal part; its right and left borders overlap in front, and insinuate themselves behind, the descending and ascending parts of the duodenum respectively. [WP,unvetted].;

Uberon synonym : right extremity of pancreas; pancreas head; pancreatic head;

Uberon Homology note : Hagfish and lampreys may have one or more endocrine buds - and later the vertebrate pancreas develop as independent ventral and dorsal buds that eventually fuse to become one organ.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0001069;

UMLS CUI

C0227579;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Head of pancreas [FMA entity]
- Head of pancreas [ICD-O code]
- Head of pancreas [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Head of the Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- Structure of head of pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- head of pancreas [SNOMED Notion]
- head of pancreas [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Head of pancreas [FMA entity]
- Head of the Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- Structure of head of pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- head of pancreas [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire head of pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Head of pancreas [FMA entity]
- Head of the Pancreas [NCIt concept]
develops from
- ventral pancreatic bud [UBERON concept]
has part
- pancreas head parenchyma [UBERON concept]
- uncinate process of pancreas [UBERON concept]
part of
- pancreas [UBERON concept]

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