Pancreas divisum is:: (A) Duplication of the pancreas, (B) Failure of fusion of dorsal & ventral pancreatic buds, (C) Formation of more than two pancreatic buds, (D) Formation of only one pancreatic bud
Answer is B. Ans. B. Failure of fusion of dorsal & ventral pancreatic budsPancreas divisum occurs when the dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds fail to fuse with each other. As a result, the two parts of pancreas derived from two buds remain separate from each other.