ACINUS

Acinus

An acinus refers to any cluster of cells that resembles a many-lobed "berry", such as a raspberry . The berry-shaped termination of an exocrine gland, where the secretion is produced, is acinar in form, as is the alveolar sac containing multiple alveoli in the lungs.

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acinus

Noun

  1. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
  2. A grape-stone.
  3. 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. - .


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