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. 2008 Feb;212(2):125–134. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00843.x

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Schematic illustration of embryology of a pancreatic duct system. (A) Long-type accessory pancreatic duct, continuation of the main duct of the dorsal primordium. (B) Short-type accessory pancreatic duct, formed by the proximal main duct of the dorsal primordium and its long inferior branch, with the main duct of the dorsal primordium at the point of connection with the main duct of the ventral primordium being obliterated and replaced by this additional communication.