KROK 1 2012 – Question 152 · 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. Mucous cell
  2. B. Undifferentiated cell
  3. C. Principal cell
  4. D. Endocrine cell
  5. E. Parietal cell
Hint

Link the ultrastructure given (a large cell with an internal system of tubules and many mitochondria) to a secretory product that needs a lot of membrane surface and energy.

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