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Wax reconstructions of zymogen granule-containing cells in dog show the arrangement of the exocrine pancreas to be a branching, anastomosing system of tubules which vary in diameter and end blindly. This arrangement is not that of a true acinar gland.
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I thank Mrs. Lynn Weinberg for the wax reconstructions, Mr. Greg Oblak for the serial sections, and Mrs. Pat O'Meara for typing the manuscript. This investigation was supported by NIH grant RR-05365 and by N.C.I. grant CA22063 through the National Pancreatic Cancer Project
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Bockman, D.E. Anastomosing tubular arrangement of dog exocrine pancreas. Cell Tissue Res. 189, 497–500 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209135
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