F cells(PP cells) are pancreatic polypeptide producing cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. They are very few in number and are polygonal in shape.
PP-cells have very few organelles and few granules.
Human anatomy, endocrine system: endocrine glands (TA A11, TH H3.08, GA 11.1269)
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Islets of pancreas |
- Alpha cell
- Beta cell
- Delta cell
- PP cell
- Epsilon cell
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Hypothalamic/
pituitary axes
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Pituitary |
Posterior pituitary |
- Pars nervosa
- Median eminence
- Infundibular stalk
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Anterior pituitary |
- Pars intermedia
- Pars tuberalis
- Pars distalis
- Acidophil cell
- Somatotropic cell
- Prolactin cell
- Basophil cell
- Corticotropic cell
- Gonadotropic cell
- Thyrotropic cell
- Chromophobe cell
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Thyroid axis |
Thyroid gland |
- Thyroid isthmus
- Lobes of thyroid gland
- Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland
- Follicular cell
- Parafollicular cell
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Parathyroid gland |
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Adrenal axis:
Adrenal gland |
Cortex |
- Zona glomerulosa
- Zona fasciculata
- Zona reticularis
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Medulla |
- Medullary chromaffin cell
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Gonadal axis |
- Gonad: Testes
- Ovaries
- Corpus luteum
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Pineal gland |
- Pinealocyte
- Corpora arenacea
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Other |
- Enteroendocrine cell
- Paraganglia
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M: END
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anat/phys/devp/horm
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noco(d)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon
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proc, drug (A10/H1/H2/H3/H5)
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Human cell types / list derived primarily from endoderm
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Foregut |
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Respiratory
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Pneumocyte (Type I pneumocyte, Type II pneumocyte) · Clara cell · Goblet cell
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Digestive
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Stomach
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enteroendocrine: G cell · D cell · ECL cell
exocrine: Gastric chief cell · Parietal cell
Foveolar cell
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Intestine
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enteroendocrine: K cell · S cell · D cell · I cell
Goblet cell · Paneth cell
Enterocyte (Microfold cell)
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Liver
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Hepatocyte · Hepatic stellate cell · (Kupffer cell from mesoderm)
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Gallbladder
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Cholecystocyte
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Exocrine pancreas
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Centroacinar cell · Pancreatic stellate cell
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Endocrine
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endocrine pancreas (alpha cell, beta cell, delta cell, F cell(PP cell), epsilon cell)
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Pharyngeal pouch |
Endocrine
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thyroid (Follicular cell) · parathyroid (Parathyroid chief cell, Oxyphil cell)
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Hindgut/cloaca |
Urogenital
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Urothelial cells
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