The secretory units of the exocrine pancreas, where fluid containing digestive enzymes is produced; consists of a group of secretory cells surrounding a luminal space that connects to the pancreatic duct. [ MP:0009145 ]
Synonyms: acinus pancreaticus pancreas acinus
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Term information
database cross reference
- NCIT:C49268
- MA:0002417
- UMLS:C0227578 (ncithesaurus:Pancreatic_Acinus)
- EMAPA:35651
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0227578
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/247604006
- FMA:16011
Subsets
pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- serous acinus
- endoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some exocrine pancreas
- part of some pancreatic lobule
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