hepatic acinus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001172
The functional unit of the liver, consisting of a mass of hepatocytes from adjacent liver lobules aligned around the hepatic arterioles and portal venules just as they anastomose into sinusoids. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/liver/histo_acinus.html ]
Synonyms: portal acinus, liver acinus
Term info
- EMAPA:35497
- MA:0002496
- UMLS:C0227519 (ncithesaurus:Liver_Acinus)
- FMA:14654
- SCTID:272214009
- NCIT:C32992
uberon
UBERON:0001172
Hepatic acinus
Term relations
- endoderm-derived structure
- acinus of exocrine gland
- overlaps some liver lobule
- part of some liver parenchyma
- overlaps some portal lobule