acinous


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Synonyms for acinous

pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)

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Holandric, incipient funnels in 10 and 11; Acinous seminal vesicles in 11 and 12; not fully developed, they cover the dorsal part of the esophagus.
NUEVAS LOMBRICES DE TIERRA ACANTHODRILIDAS DE LOS GENEROS PROTOZAPOTECIA Y TRIGASTER DE CUBA (ANNELIDA, CRASSICLITELLATA)
Development of the acinous and accessory salivary glands in Nucella lapillus (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea).
Metamorphic remodeling of a planktotrophic larva to produce the predatory feeding system of a cone snail (Mollusca, Neogastropoda)
Collectively the characters, intestine usually H-shaped, numerous testes arranged in 2-4 longitudinal rows and an acinous ovary, are only found in the genus Pleorchis.
A Discussion of the Trematode Genus Pleorchis Railliet, 1896 (Digenea: Pleorchiidae Poche, 1926) With Description of Two New Species From the Intestine of Marine Fishes From the Indian Ocean
Adjacent to the secretory epithelium of the hypobranchial gland is located an acinous glandular-like structure, which could be the rectal or anal gland.
The hypobranchial gland from the purple snail Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853) (prosobranchia: Muricidae)
Although exhausted gland extracts were not practical, they provided evidence supporting the goal of obtaining extracts of the islet cells free from the products of the acinous cells.
Insulin: discovery and controversy
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