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Serosa vs Acinus - What's the difference?

serosa | acinus |

As nouns the difference between serosa and acinus

is that serosa is a membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum while acinus is (botany) one of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

serosa

English

Noun

(serosae)
  • A membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum.
  • * {{quote-book, 1955, title=Bulletin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, author=
    • , passage=Like the serous membranes of dehydrated cholera victims in general, the serosae of the small intestines in particular are often covered by a sticky and slimy coat,}}
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    • Synonyms

    * (membrane) serous membrane

    Derived terms

    * (membrane) serosal, subserosa

    See also

    * (membrane) mucosa, amnion, adventitia

    acinus

    English

    Noun

    (acini) (wikipedia acinus)
  • (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
    • Their smallest lobules were called acini , a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules