The pancreatic ducts allow transport of pancreatic fluids from the many lobules of the pancreas to the duodenum of the intestine. The primary pancreatic duct, also called the canal of Wirsung, is the main duct which accepts contributions of fluid from the many tributary ducts leading from these lobules. An accessory pancreatic duct is occasionally found to branch off of the primary pancreatic duct in the neck of the pancreas and opens into the duodenum about three centimeters above the opening of the primary pancreatic duct. Research Pancreatic Ducts
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