A secretory cell found in pancreatic acini that secretes digestive enzymes and mucins. This cell is a typical zymogenic cell, have a basal nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm consisting of regular arrays of granular endoplasmic reticulum with mitochondria and dense secretory granules. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0517223651 http://www.copewithcytokines.de/cope.cgi?key=pancreatic%20acinar%20cells http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20395539 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: acinar cell of pancreas
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- pancreas exocrine glandular cell
- acinar cell
- has part some zymogen granule membrane
- part of some pancreatic acinus