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Acinus, pulmonary: The ending of a tiny airway in the lung, where the alveoli (air sacs) are located.
In anatomy, an acinus is a round cluster of cells, usually epithelial cells, that looks somewhat like a knobby berry.
The word "acinus" means "berry" in Latin. (The plural is "acini".) There are also acini, round clusters of epithelial cells, in the salivary glands and in the pancreas.
Pulmonary acinus: The ending of a tiny airway in the lung, where the alveoli (air sacs) are located. In anatomy, an acinus is a round cluster of cells, usually epithelial ...
A pulmonary acinus is commonly defined as the portion of lung distal to a terminal bronchiole and supplied by a ï¬rst-order respiratory bronchiole or bronchioles 1.  ...
ac·i·nus (s-n s) n. pl. ac·i·ni (-n) One of the small saclike dilations composing a compound gland. [Latin, berry.] a·cin ic (-s n k), ac i·nous adj.
The structure of the human pulmonary acinus has been described infrequently. The aim of the study was to determine the branching pattern of respiratory bronchioles and ...
acinus /ac·i·nus/ (as´Ä-nus) pl. a´cini [L.] a small saclike dilatation, particularly one in a gland; see also alveolus. liver acinus the smallest functional ...