The pancreas secretes pancreatic juices into which duct to aid digestion?

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The pancreas secretes pancreatic juices into which duct to aid digestion?

Pancreatic juice is carried from the exocrine pancreas through its own duct, the main pancreatic duct (duct of Wirsung). This duct typically joins with the common bile duct to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla and then releases the juice into the duodenum through the major duodenal papilla, under the control of the sphincter of Oddi. The other ducts listed are involved with bile (common bile duct and cystic duct) or are a valve (sphincter of Oddi), not ducts that carry pancreatic juice. So the duct that transports pancreatic enzymes is the pancreatic duct.

Pancreatic juice is carried from the exocrine pancreas through its own duct, the main pancreatic duct (duct of Wirsung). This duct typically joins with the common bile duct to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla and then releases the juice into the duodenum through the major duodenal papilla, under the control of the sphincter of Oddi. The other ducts listed are involved with bile (common bile duct and cystic duct) or are a valve (sphincter of Oddi), not ducts that carry pancreatic juice. So the duct that transports pancreatic enzymes is the pancreatic duct.

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