Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

Head of pancreas
Synonyms

caput pancreatis

pancreas head

pancreatic head

right extremity of pancreas

Definitions

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].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001069

altLabel

caput pancreatis

pancreas head

pancreatic head

right extremity of pancreas

ccf_is_provisional

false

ccf_part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009709

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009708

ccf_pref_label

Head of pancreas

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].

depiction

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_F_Pancreas.glb

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Illu_pancreas_duodenum.jpg

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_M_Pancreas.glb

has exact synonym

pancreas head

pancreatic head

right extremity of pancreas

has related synonym

caput pancreatis

has_obo_namespace

uberon

homology_notes

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]

id

UBERON:0001069

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

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isDefinedBy

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl

label

head of pancreas

notation

UBERON:0001069

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001264

prefLabel

Head of pancreas

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001264

xRef

NCIT:C12269

EMAPA:17507

UMLS:C0227579

FMA:10468

SCTID:362201006

EHDAA2:0001374

VHOG:0000448

MA:0000122

Wikipedia:Head_of_pancreas

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004119

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000064

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