A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampulla_of_Vater ]

Synonyms: ampulla of Vater biliaropancreatic ampulla ampulla biliaropancreatica papilla Vateri ampulla of bile duct Vater's ampulla

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Term information

database cross reference
  • SCTID:362200007
  • UMLS:C0042425 (ncithesaurus:Ampulla_of_Vater)
  • MESH:D014670
  • CALOHA:TS-2348
  • ZFA:0005167
  • TAO:0005167
  • galen:AmpullaOfVater
  • FMA:15076
  • NCIT:C13011
  • GAID:283
  • Wikipedia:Ampulla_of_Vater
Subsets

vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

UBPROP 0000001

Ampulla formed by the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct where they enter the intestine.[TAO]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Biliary_system_new.svg

has related synonym

papilla duodeni major

ampulla Vaterii

ampulla hepatopancreatica

id

UBERON:0004913