acini
- plural of acinus.
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The presence of proteins and fats in the duodenum stimulates the secretion of CCK, which then stimulates the acini to secrete enzyme-rich pancreatic juice and enhances the activity of secretin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Scattered through the sea of exocrine acini are small islands of endocrine cells, the islets of Langerhans.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Gelatinous or interacinous adenoma, which consists in an enlargement of the acini by an accumulation of colloid material, and an increase in the interacinous tissue by a growth of round cells.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The acini of the large liver of Nautilus are compacted into a solid reddish-brown mass by a firm 690 membrane, as also is the case in the Dibranchiata.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
