See Also: protoporphyrin type III(medicine)
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iron protoporphyrin(medicine)
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Winslow's pancreas (medicine) and protoporphyrin type III (medicine)


Winslow's pancreas (medicine)


Winslow's pancreas -->
uncinate process of pancreas


A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta.

Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas.


protoporphyrin type III (medicine)


protoporphyrin type III


2,7,12,18-Tetramethyl-3,8-divinylporphin-13,17dipropionic acid;the principal protoporphyrin found in Nature (one of 15 possible isomers), characterised by the presence of 4 methyl groups, 2 vinyl groups, and 2 propionic acid side chains; a porphyrin derivative that, with iron, forms the haem of haemoglobin and the prosthetic groups of myoglobin, catalase, cytochromes, etc.