1. The acinous podocephalic glands contain numerous protein granules.

2. ) a little hollow, as the socket of a tooth, a follicle of an acinous gland, or a pulmonary Alveolus

3. Alve´oli) (L.) a little hollow, as the socket of a tooth, a follicle of an acinous gland, or a pulmonary Alveolus

4. Alve´oli) (L.) a little hollow, as the socket of a tooth, a follicle of an acinous gland, or a pulmonary Alveolus. adj., adj alve´olar

5. The lungs are no passive elastic sponges, but they are capable, in the acinous areas, of bringing about contractions of muscular and plasmatic formal elements (in close functional connection with pulmonary vasoconstrictions and vasodilations) induced by stimulations of the vegetative nervous system.