Alimentary and Digestive System Practice Test

In early development, a ventral outgrowth from the foregut called the hepatic diverticulum splits into two parts. The cranial portion differentiates into the liver, forming the liver parenchyma and its surrounding structures. The caudal portion forms the biliary apparatus, including the gallbladder and bile ducts. The pancreas arises from pancreatic buds near this region, and the stomach develops as part of the foregut more broadly, not from this diverticular split. So, the organ produced by the cranial portion is the liver.