Term Name: pancreatic acinar gland
Synonyms: exocrine glands pancreas, pancreatic acini
Definition: Portion of exocrine pancreas that is comprised of polarized cells containing apical zymogen granules that store digestive enzymes such as trypsin and chymotrypsin and abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.
Appears at: Hatching:Long-pec (48.0h-60.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005741]

Relationships
is part of: pancreatic lobule
has parts: pancreatic acinar cell pancreatic centroacinar cell
is a type of: portion of tissue

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