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Description of Plate 1

Fig.4. Section through the caudal end of the hepatic outgrowth. G. gut; B.D. bile-duct; V.P.L. left ventral pancreas, showing at a an apparent lumen opening into the junction of the bile-duct with the duodenum. (x200.)

Fig.5. Section midway through the ventral pancreas. G. gut; V.P.L. and V.P.D. mark the bilobed ventral pancreas, in which at a and bare two separate lumina. (x200.)

Fig. 6. Section immediately caudal to fig. 5. a. gut; V.P.L. and V.P.D. mark the ventral pancreas, in which atc there is a single lumen divided by a fine septum. (x200.)

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Reference

P N Odgers Some Observations on the Development of the Ventral Pancreas in Man. J. Anat.: 1930, 65(Pt 1);1-7 PMID 17104298