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The uncinate process of the pancreas derives from the dorsal pancreatic bud.
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Casillas, J., Granville, C., Quiroz, A., Ruiz-Cordero, R. (2016). Embryology of the Pancreas and Normal Variants. In: Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46745-9_1
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