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A patient is admitted to hospital for ascending cholangitis (common bile duct inflammation secondary to infection and gallstones). An endoscope is passed to the 2nd part of the duodenum to treat this condition and to access the common bile duct. What is the most proximal structure the endoscopist may notice on the wall of this portion of duodenum?