See Also: Wirsung's duct(medicine)
Wirsung, Johann(medicine)
Wirsung's canal(medicine)
duct(dictionary)
Duct(health)
duct(1)(dictionary)
duct(2)(dictionary)
Duct(medicine)
deferent duct(medicine)
thoracic duct(medicine)

beagle (oh) and Wirsung's duct (medicine)


beagle (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from Old French beegueule 'noisy person', from beer 'to open wide' + gueule 'throat']
a dog with short legs and smooth fur, sometimes used in hunting

Wirsung's duct (medicine)


Wirsung's duct -->
pancreatic duct


The excretory duct of the pancreas that extends through the gland from tail to head where it empties into the duodenum at the greater duodenal papilla.

Synonym: ductus pancreaticus, Hoffmann's duct, Wirsung's canal, Wirsung's duct.