KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 15 · KROK (Dentistry)

An electron microphotograph of duodenal epithelium clearly shows a cell with electron-dense granules in the basal pole. What cell is it?

  1. A. Poorly differentiated
  2. B. Parietal
  3. C. Endocrine
  4. D. Goblet
  5. E. Prismatic with a limbus
Hint

Ask which cell type in the intestinal epithelium stores its secretory granules at the base and releases them towards the capillaries rather than into the lumen.

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