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Pancreas, Exocrine

"Pancreas, Exocrine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The major component (about 80%) of the PANCREAS composed of acinar functional units of tubular and spherical cells. The acinar cells synthesize and secrete several digestive enzymes such as TRYPSINOGEN; LIPASE; AMYLASE; and RIBONUCLEASE. Secretion from the exocrine pancreas drains into the pancreatic ductal system and empties into the DUODENUM.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pancreas, Exocrine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pancreas, Exocrine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 12 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2020
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