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(==Pancreas Rotation== After the stomach the initial portion of the gastrointestinal tract tube is the duodenum which initially lies in the midline within the peritoneal cavity. This region, along with the attached pancreas, undergoes rotation to become)
 
 
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This region, along with the attached pancreas, undergoes rotation to become a retroperitoneal structure.
This region, along with the attached pancreas, undergoes rotation to become a retroperitoneal structure.


The diagram below shows this rotation with spinal cord at the top, vertebral body then dorsal aorta then pertioneal wall and cavity.
This diagram shows the rotation with spinal cord at the top, vertebral body then dorsal aorta then pertioneal wall and cavity.


[[Category:Gastrointestinal Tract]] [[Category:Endocrine]] [[Category:Pancreas]] [[Category:Cartoon]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal Tract]] [[Category:Endocrine]] [[Category:Pancreas]] [[Category:Cartoon]]

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Pancreas Rotation

After the stomach the initial portion of the gastrointestinal tract tube is the duodenum which initially lies in the midline within the peritoneal cavity.

This region, along with the attached pancreas, undergoes rotation to become a retroperitoneal structure.

This diagram shows the rotation with spinal cord at the top, vertebral body then dorsal aorta then pertioneal wall and cavity.

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current08:35, 22 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 08:35, 22 August 2010652 × 320 (23 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)==Pancreas Rotation== After the stomach the initial portion of the gastrointestinal tract tube is the duodenum which initially lies in the midline within the peritoneal cavity. This region, along with the attached pancreas, undergoes rotation to become