Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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Chapter 24 - The Digestive System - Figure 24.15 - Page 908: 1

Answer

1. The pancreatic duct has pancreatic juice (fluid plus enzymes) 2. The bile duct has bile 3. The hepatopancreatic ampulla has bile and pancreatic juice

Work Step by Step

The pancreatic duct carries the exocrine secretion of the pancreas. This is a colorless fluid that is mainly water plus bicarbonate, salts and enzymes. The bicarbonate acts to buffer the acid gastric juice and establish an alkaline environment necessary for activity of pancreatic enzymes. The right and left hepatic ducts join to form the common hepatic duct, The common hepatic duct distally unites with he cystic duct (from the gall-bladder) to form the common bile duct. The common bile duct contains bile. The common bile duct and the main branch of the pancreatic duct enter the duodenum as a structure called the hepatopancreatic ampulla (or Ampulla of Vater). The hepato-pancreatic ampulla contains bile and pancreatic juice.
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