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pancreas: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.
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Acini

Locate acini on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.

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pancreas: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.

Image: OpenStax / University of Hawaiʻi adapted teaching figures; original contributors credited at source · Source / original · CC BY 4.0 — figure credits at source

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Pancreas

Digestive organs

Pancreas

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Combines exocrine digestive secretion with endocrine hormone release.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Serous acini dominate
  2. Paler islets interrupt acinar tissue
  3. Centroacinar cells occur at duct beginnings
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.

Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Centroacinar cells
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01How do you identify pancreas?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Serous acini dominate. Paler islets interrupt acinar tissue. Centroacinar cells occur at duct beginnings.

02How is it distinguished from parotid?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Pancreas has islets and centroacinar cells and lacks typical striated ducts; parotid lacks islets.

03Do islet cells release hormones into ducts?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

No. Endocrine secretion enters blood; exocrine acini drain through ducts.

04Which structures should you point out on this reference?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Acini; Islets of Langerhans; Centroacinar cells. Combines exocrine digestive secretion with endocrine hormone release.

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