prostate glandular acinus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004179
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. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060525 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18977204 ]
Synonyms: prostatic follicle, prostatic acinus
Term info
- FMA:66808
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]
the muscle layer is implicitly treated as outside the acinus
uberon
UBERON:0004179
Prostatic acinus