neuroendocrine cell
Feyrter cell
Kultschitzky cell of bronchiole
A neuroendocrine cell found in the epithelium of the lungs and respiratory tract. This cell type is rounded or elliptical in shape, situated mainly in the basal part of the epithelium; regulates bronchial secretion, smooth muscle contraction, lobular growth, ciliary activity and chemoreception. Cell has an electron-lucent cytoplasm, contains numerous dense-cored vesicles with a clear halo between the core and the limiting membrane.
bronchiolar Kulchitsky cell
FMA:14118
tmeehan
2010-06-28T08:24:30Z
respiratory enterochromaffin cell
cell
CL:0002066
P cell