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. 2024 Jul 29;31(11):755–768. doi: 10.1002/jhbp.12056

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Extrapancreatic nerve plexus. Reproduced with permission from the Japan Pancreas Society and Kanehara & Co., Ltd.: Japanese Classification of Pancreatic Carcinoma, eighth edition, 2023. (a) The extra‐pancreatic nerve plexus is differentiated into seven categories (PLph I, pancreatic head nerve plexus I; PLph II, pancreatic head nerve plexus II; PLsma, superior mesenteric artery nerve plexus; PLcha, common hepatic artery nerve plexus; PLhdl, hepatoduodenal ligament nerve plexus; PLspa; splenic artery nerve plexus; PLce, celiac nerve plexus). (b) PLphI and PLphII are blue and green, respectively. (c) PLphII and PLsma are histologically examined in the anatomical samples. CHA, common hepatic artery; GDA, gastroduodenal artery; IPDA, inferior pancreatoduodenal artery; J1A, first jejunal artery; MCA, middle colic artery; SMA, superior mesenteric artery.