"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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D046790
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734.540 A10.336.645
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pancreas, Exocrine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pancreas, Exocrine".
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.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pancreas, Exocrine" by people in Profiles.