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Copyright 2007 The Body of the Pancreas
The body is prism-like in section and has 3 surfaces, anterior, posterior and inferior (more precisely, anterosuperior, posterior, and anteroinferior, since they are set in an obliquel plane). This extends slightly superiorly as it extends to the left across the aorta and the superior lumbar vertebrae, posterior to the omental bursa. The body is somewhat triangular in cross-section and has three surfaces: anterior, posterior, and inferior. The body of the pancreas is intimately related to the splenic vein. Where it lies anterior to the aorta, the body lies between the celiac axis and the superior mesenteric artery. The body has a small projection, at its junction with the neck called the the omental tuberosity, arising from the superior border, and in contact withthe lesser omentum.
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