KROK 1 2012 – Question 12 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A female patient with a tumour of pancreas has developed mechanic jaundice resulting from compression of a bile-excreting duct. Which duct is compressed?
- A. Ductus hepaticus dexter
- B. Ductus choledochus
- C. Ductus cysticus
- D. Ductus hepaticus communis
- E. Ductus hepaticus sinister
Hint
Think about which part of the bile duct system passes behind or through the head of the pancreas on its way to the duodenum.
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