Cholecystocyte
Appearance
Cholecystocyte | |
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Details | |
Location | Gallbladder |
Function | Epithelium |
Identifiers | |
Latin | cholecystocytus |
TH | H3.04.06.0.00006 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
A cholecystocyte is an epithelial cell found in the gallbladder[1] tightly joined by junctional complexes.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Maurer, KJ.; Carey, MC.; Fox, JG. (Feb 2009). "Roles of infection, inflammation, and the immune system in cholesterol gallstone formation". Gastroenterology. 136 (2): 425–40. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.031. PMC 2774219. PMID 19109959.
- ^ Gilloteaux, J.; Ott, Donald W.; Oldham‐Ott, Carla K. (January 2013). "The Gallbladder of the Electric Ray Torpedo Marmorata Risso Displays Excrescent Cholecystocytes with Merocrine and Apocrine‐Like Secretions". The Anatomical Record. 296 (1): 79–95. doi:10.1002/ar.22621. ISSN 1932-8486.