The accessory pancreatic duct empties into the duodenum just above the major duodenal papilla at the minor duodenal papilla (Fig. 4.109). If the accessory duct is followed from the minor papilla into the head of the pancreas, a branch point is discovered:
One branch continues to the left, through the head of the pancreas, and may connect with the pancreatic duct at the point where it turns inferiorly.