Question

Examine a prepared slide of the human pancreas. Draw a section of the gland and label the exocrine acini cells and a pancreatic islet.

Answer 1

Pancreas is a gland made up of serous acini. The cells forming the acini of the pancreas are highly basophilic (bluish staining). The lumen of acinus is very small. Amongst the acini, some ducts are seen. The ducts have a distinct lumen, lined by cuboidal epithelium. At some places the acini are separated by the areas where we see aggregations of cells quite different from those of acini. These aggregations from the pancreatic islets: pale staining cells arranged as groups, surrounded by blood vessels.