Intercalated duct

Intercalated duct (ducts of Boll)
Section of pancreas of dog. X 250. (Intercalated ducts visible but not labeled.)
Details
Part of Exocrine glands
Identifiers
TH H2.00.02.0.03067
Anatomical terms of microanatomy

The intercalated duct, also called intercalary duct (ducts of Boll), is the portion of an exocrine gland leading directly from the acinus to a striated duct. The intercalated duct forms part of the intralobular duct. This duct has the thinnest epithelium of any part of the duct system, and the epithelium is usually classified as "low" simple cuboidal.[1]

They are found in both the pancreas[2][3][4] and in salivary glands.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Histology of Glands". Southern Illinois University. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Anatomy photo: digestive/mammal/pancreas/pancreas1 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis - "Mammal, pancreas (LM, Medium)"
  3. ↑ Slide at uottawa.ca
  4. ↑ Physiology: 6/6ch4/s6ch4_17 - Essentials of Human Physiology
  5. ↑ Slide at usc.edu
  6. ↑ Anatomy photo: Digestive/mammal/salivary1/salivary3 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis - "Mammal, salivary glands (LM, Medium)"
  7. ↑ Physiology: 6/6ch4/s6ch4_4 - Essentials of Human Physiology


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