- 4parts-
- Head
- Neck
- Body
- Tail
- Head relations-
- Superiorly
- Uncinate process-
- Lower part of head of pancreas
- Derived from ventral bud of pancreas
- Structures lying-
- Superior mesenteric vein
- Superior mesenteric artery
- Neck relations
- Superior mesenteric vein + splenic vein = portal vein formed
- Body relations-
- Superiorly splenic artery going to spleen
- Posteriorly to splenic vein
- Anterior border related to transverse colon
- Antero superior surface related to stomach bed structures
- Antero inferior surface related to colon and coils of intestine
- Tail Relations-
- Lienorenal ligament
- Tail of pancreas and splenic vessels
- Developmental anomaly- Annular pancreas