Pancreatic centroacinar cells:

a. Are contractile and promote the movement of secretions
b. Contain clusters of zymogen granules
c. Phagocytize dying cells
d. Remove bile salts from the common bile duct
e. Represent the initial portions of intercalated duct epithelia


ANS: E
Pale-staining centroacinar cells lack the secretory organelles (secretion granules, RER) found in acinar cells.

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