Fill the digestive cell board

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Gastric gland cell making hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor

   Item

   Parietal cell

2. Clue

   Gastric gland cell that secretes pepsinogen and gastric lipase

   Item

   Chief cell

3. Clue

   Mucus-secreting cell scattered through the gut epithelium

   Item

   Goblet cell

4. Clue

   Intestinal gland cell releasing the bactericidal enzyme lysozyme

   Item

   Paneth cell

5. Clue

   Liver cell making up about 80 percent of that organ by volume

   Item

   Hepatocyte

6. Clue

   Pancreatic cell that secretes enzyme-rich juice into tiny ducts

   Item

   Acinar cell

7. Clue

   Star-shaped phagocyte living inside the hepatic sinusoids

   Item

   Kupffer cell

8. Clue

   Enteroendocrine cell of the pyloric antrum that releases gastrin

   Item

   G cell

9. Clue

   Tiny apical projection whose mass forms the brush border

   Item

   Microvillus

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the cell it names to claim that square.

Explanation