Gastric cells
Gastric cells
Cells found in the gastric glands include
| Cells | Also called | Secret | |
| 1 | Foveolar cells | Mucous neck cells | Mucus |
| 2 | Chief cells | Zymogen cells/ peptic cells | zymogens – pepsinogen (precursor to pepsin) and prorennin [in childhood only ] |
| 3 | Parietal cells | Oxyntic cells | HCl , castle’s intrinsic factor |
| 4 | G cells | Gastrin hormone | |
| 5 | D-cells | Somatostatin | |
| 6 | Enterochromaffin like cells | Release serotonin and histamine |

