The pancreas lies largely to the right and is pressed against the abdominal roof and sublumbar organs (Fig. 21.10/7).

It is triangular in outline, and its apex is fitted into the second concavity of the duodenal sigmoid flexure. The right border follows the descending duodenum. The left border passes obliquely toward the left kidney. The portal vein (Fig. 21.9/10) perforates the pancreas close to the caudal border. The ventral surface is directly bound to the right dorsal colon and cecal base, the dorsal surface to the right kidney and liver. The openings of its two ducts (Fig. 21.9/7 and 8) are described with the duodenum.