body of pancreas
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001150
The body of the pancreas is a subsection of the pancreas organ in the human body. It is somewhat prismatic in shape, and has three surfaces: anterior, posterior, and inferior. It is at the same level as the transpyloric plane. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_pancreas ]
Synonyms: pancreatic body, pancreas body
Term info
- SCTID:362202004
- FMA:14518
- Wikipedia:Body_of_pancreas
- EHDAA:9178
- VHOG:0000451
- UMLS:C0227582 (ncithesaurus:Body_of_the_Pancreas)
- EMAPA:17504
- EHDAA2:0001368
- NCIT:C12270
- MA:0000121
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Hagfish and lampreys may have one or more endocrine buds - and later the vertebrate pancreas develop as independent ventral and dorsal buds that eventually fuse to become one organ.[well established][VHOG]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Illu_pancreas_duodenum.jpg
pancreas corpus, corpus pancreatis
uberon
UBERON:0001150
Body of pancreas
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606