Acinus vs Follicle - What's the difference?
acinus | follicle |
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
* Richard Quain, Quain's elements of anatomy
(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, p. 345,
(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
In botany terms the difference between acinus and follicle
is that acinus is a grape-stone while follicle is a type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.In anatomy terms the difference between acinus and follicle
is that acinus is one of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland while follicle is a small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.acinus
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(acini) (wikipedia acinus)- Their smallest lobules were called acini , a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules
follicle
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(en noun)- He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.
