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'Reading' cross-sections

Duodenum

In brief
• the first part of the small intestine, directly after the stomach
• has a distinguishing C-shape that curves around the head of pancreas

By O.P.Gobée, R. Slagter, dept. Anatomy & Embryology, LUMC, Netherlands.


License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.
How do I recognize it?
Coronal 525
• directly after the stomach (fig. 1)

Coronal 570
• directly after the stomach (fig. 2)

Coronal 615
• directly after the stomach (fig. 3)

Coronal 665
• directly after the stomach (fig. 4)

By O.P.Gobée, R. Slagter, dept. Anatomy & Embryology, LUMC, Netherlands.


License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.
Coronal 690
• has a distinguishing C-shape that
curves around the head of pancreas

Transversal 1755
• curves around the head of pancreas

By O.P.Gobée, R. Slagter, dept. Anatomy & Embryology, LUMC, Netherlands.


License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.

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