Anastomosing tubular arrangement of the exocrine pancreas
- PMID: 970342
- DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001470111
Anastomosing tubular arrangement of the exocrine pancreas
Abstract
Wax reconstructions of zymogen-containing cells in rat show the arrangement of the exocrine pancreas to be a branching, anastomosing system of tubules which vary in diameter and end blindly. This arrangement is not that of a true acinar gland.