minor duodenal papilla (Santorini mainor caruncle)

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Introduction

The site of the opening of the accessory pancreatic duct into the duodenum.

  • located anterior to & slightly superior to the bile papilla.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.