chromosome acrocentric wani nau'i ne na chromosome inda centromere yake kusa da ƙarshen chromosome ɗaya, yana haifar da dogon hannu (q) da guntun hannu (p). A wasu kalmomi, chromosome ya bayyana yana da dogon hannu ɗaya da gajere hannu ɗaya, tare da centromere yana bayyana a kusa ko kusa da ƙarshen guntun hannu. Ana samun chromosomes na acrocentric a yawancin nau'ikan, ciki har da mutane. A cikin mutane, chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21, da 22 duk chromosomes ne acrocentric.