See Also: Santorini's minor caruncle(medicine)
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Santorini's minor caruncle (medicine)


Santorini's minor caruncle -->
minor duodenal papilla


The site of the opening of the accessory pancreatic duct into the duodenum, located anterior to and slightly superior to the major papilla.

Synonym: papilla duodeni minor, Santorini's minor caruncle.

Nerve papilla, one of the papillae in the dermis containing a tactile corpuscle or other form of end organ.

Synonym: neurothele.