See Also: hepatopancreatic ampulla(medicine)
sphincter of hepatopancreatic ampulla(medicine)
hepatopancreatic sphincter(medicine)
ampulla(dictionary)
Ampulla(health)
ampulla(medicine)
ampulla ossea(medicine)
ampulla recti(medicine)
duodenal ampulla(medicine)
lactiferous ampulla(medicine)

astragalus (iou) and hepatopancreatic ampulla (medicine)


astragalus (iou)



astragalus noun. . M16.
[Latin from Greek astragalos.]
Anatomy. = TALUS noun1. arch. M16.
= ASTRAGAL 1. Only in M16.
Any plant of the large leguminous genus Astragalus. Also called milk-vetch. M16.
astragalar adjective (Anatomy) of or pertaining to an astragalus M19.
astragalomancy noun divination by means of dice or knuckle-bones (cf. ASTRAGAL 3) M17.

hepatopancreatic ampulla (medicine)


hepatopancreatic ampulla


The dilation within the major duodenal papilla that normally receives both the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct.

Synonym: ampulla hepatopancreatica, duodenal ampulla, Vater's ampulla.