List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 390

A Sertoli cell (a kind of sustentacular cell) is a ‘nurse’ cell of the testes that is part of a seminiferous tubule. It is activated by follicle-stimulating hormone and has […]

In the parathyroid gland the parathyroid oxyphil cell is larger and paler than the parathyroid chief cell.These cells can be found in clusters in the center of the section and […]

Parathyroid chief cells (also called parathyroid principal cells or simply parathyroid cells) are cells in the parathyroid glands which produce parathyroid hormone. The end result of increased secretion by the […]

Parafollicular cells (also called C cells) are neuroendocrine cells in the thyroid with primary function to secrete calcitonin. They are located adjacent to the thyroid follicles and reside in the […]

Thyroid epithelial cells (also called follicular cells or principal cells) are cells in the thyroid gland that are responsible for the production and secretion of thyroid hormones that is thyroxine […]

Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce melanocyte-stimulating hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and lipotropin. The cells produce pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) which undergoes cleavage to ACTH and […]

Thyrotropes (also called thyrotrophs) are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH). Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.

Gonadotropes are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary that produce the gonadotropins such as the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). Release of FSH and LH by gonadotrophs is […]

Prolactin cell (also known as epsilon acidophil lactotrope lactotropic cell lactotroph mammatroph mammotroph) is a cell in the anterior pituitary which produces prolactin in response to hormonal signals including dopamine […]

Somatotropes are cells in the anterior pituitary that produce growth hormone.