KROK 1 2011 – Question 125 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology

An electron microphotography of a fragment of proper gastric gland shows a big irregular round-shaped cell. There are a lot of intracellular tubules and mitochondria in the cytoplasm. Specify this cell:

  1. A. Endocrine cell
  2. B. Undifferentiated cell
  3. C. Principal cell
  4. D. Mucous cell
  5. E. Parietal cell
Hint

Ask which cell of the gastric gland needs an extensive canalicular membrane system and many mitochondria for its secretory work.

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