Surgical Questions and Answers

Free Medical and Surgical Questions And Answers

The pancreas

2. What are the two main congenital abnormalities of the pancreas?

Correct answer: Annular pancreas; heterotopic pancreas.

The pancreas

 How does the pancreas develop?

Correct answer: The pancreas develops as a dorsal and a ventral bud from the duodenum. The ventral bud rotates posteriorly, thus enclosing the superior mesenteric vessels; it forms the major part of the head of the pancreas and its duct…