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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:prostate glandular acinus
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Accession:UBERON:0004179 term browser browse the term
Definition:A saclike structure of the prostate gland, comprised of at least three cell layers: an innermost layer of secretory columnar luminal epithelium, a middle layer of squamous basal epithelium that also contains neuroendocrine cells, transit amplifying cells, and stem cells, and an outer layer of smooth muscle intermixed with other stromal cells.
Comment:[development-note] "Concurrent with branching morphogenesis, the solid cords of epithelium formed by budding arborize and differentiate postnatally into glandular acin. The basic prostate architecture is established by puberty and acquires secretory function thereafter[PMID:18977204]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: prostatic acinus;   prostatic follicle
 xref: FMA:66808
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          endoderm-derived structure 0
            mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure 0
              prostate glandular acinus 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        endoderm 0
                          endoderm-derived structure 0
                            endo-epithelium 0
                              anal membrane endodermal component 0
                                embryonic cloacal epithelium 0
                                  urogenital sinus epithelium 0
                                    prostate field 0
                                      prostate bud 0
                                        prostate gland 0
                                          prostate epithelium 0
                                            prostate glandular acinus 0
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