Category
page 1Peptide hormone secreting cells
beta cell
type of cell found in pancreatic islets
alpha cell
endocrine cell in the pancreatic islets of the pancreas
parafollicular cell
neuroendocrine cells in the thyroid gland which secrete calcitonin
gastric chief cell
type of gastric gland cell
delta cell
somatostatin-producing cell
prolactin cell
cell type
parathyroid chief cell
cell type
somatotropic cell
growth hormone-producing cell
gonadotropic cell
cell type
corticotropic cell
basophilic cell in the anterior pituitary which produces pro-opiomelanocortin which undergoes cleavage to adrenocorticotropin, β-lipotropin, and melanocyte-stimulating hormone
thyrotropic cell
anterior pituitary cells that produce thyroid-stimulating hormone