The exocrine pancreas is a diffuse organ composed of a branching network of ducts and associated acinar glands that manufacture the proteolytic enzymes and bicarbonate required for digestion. [ GOC:cvs http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-050623-3 GOC:ymb ORCiD:0000-0002-9900-7880 ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
Term information
Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- digestive system gland
- exocrine pancreas
- develops from some anterior pancreatic bud
- existence starts during or after some hatching:long-pec
- part of some pancreas