Pancreas

This presentation contains 16 slides. The first two slides are refreshers on the position of the pancreas within the abdomen. The left pancreatic lobe extends along the gastric greater curvature, caudal to the stomach, medial to the spleen, and cranial to the left kidney and transverse part of the colon. The pancreatic body is caudal to the pyloroduodenal angle and ventral to the portal vein. The right pancreatic lobe extends along the descending part of the duodenum. The pancreaticoduodenal vein runs in the central part of the right pancreatic lobe and can be seen parallel to the descending part of the duodenum. The right pancreatic lobe is medial or dorsomedial to the descending part of the duodenum, and medial to the right kidney. The position of the pancreas is then illustrated on ultrasonographic still images and videos.