KROK 1 2008 – Question 161 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient ill with chronic gastritis went for endogastric pH-metry that allowed to reveal decreased acidity of gastric juice. It is indicative of diminished function of the following cells:
- A. Chief exocrinocytes
- B. Accessory cells
- C. Cervical cells
- D. Endocrinocytes
- E. Parietal exocrinocytes
Hint
Acidity of gastric juice depends on the cells that secrete hydrochloric acid into the lumen; consider which cell type of the fundic glands does this.
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