One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
A small group of cells arranged in a "grape-like" cluster. A classical example is the arrangement of pancreatic exocrine cells, but the term is also applied to larger groups of cells, as in the liver.
pl. ACINI: any of the small saclike structures that terminate the ducts of some glands, also called alveolus; ACINAR: of, relating to or comprising an acinus
A small sac-like dilatation.
one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
a round cluster of cells that looks somewhat like a knobby berry
a small ball of secretory epithelial cells containing a small central lumen
The narrow lumen (tube) leading to the smallest lobule of a compound gland.
A sac-like terminal division of a gland.
A cluster of alveoli at the end of a tiny respiratory airway in the lung.
Sac-like cluster of secretory epithelial cells with a central lumen
The berrylike ending of a tiny airway in the lung, where the alveoli (air sacs) are located.
A histological term referring to a blind pocket, pouch, or sac.
A acinus (adjective: acinar, plural acini) refers to the berry-shaped termination of an exocrine gland, where the secretion is produced.