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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov 8;13(11):1089–1105. doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1685871

Figure 1:

Figure 1:

Rotation of the ventral pancreatic bud/anlage (from which originates the hepatobiliary system) and fusion with the dorsal pancreatic bud/anlage in the foregut. The failure of fusion of the ductal systems of the dorsal and ventral anlage results in pancreas divisum with the majority of the pancreas draining via the dorsal duct of Santorini through the minor papilla.