Preferred Label : uncinate process of pancreas;
Uberon definition : In the head of the pancreas, the angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders
forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process. During the embryonic development
of the distal foregut, the duodenum c-shape is formed while rotating the ventral pancreatic
bud into the dorsal bud. The dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds fuse. The dorsal pancreatic
bud becomes the body, tail, and isthmus of the pancreas and the ventral pancreatic
bud forms the pancreatic head and uncinate process[WP];
Uberon synonym : Winslow's pancreas; lesser pancreas; processus uncinatus (pancreas);
Uberon broad term : uncinate process;
Origin ID : 0010373;
UMLS CUI : C0227580;
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In the head of the pancreas, the angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders
forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process. During the embryonic development
of the distal foregut, the duodenum c-shape is formed while rotating the ventral pancreatic
bud into the dorsal bud. The dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds fuse. The dorsal pancreatic
bud becomes the body, tail, and isthmus of the pancreas and the ventral pancreatic
bud forms the pancreatic head and uncinate process[WP]
