Relationship To Other Cell Types
Calcitonin-producing parafollicular cells (C cells) can be found scattered along the basement membrane of the thyroid epithelium.
Embryologic origin of these C-cells is neural crest, from the ultimobranchial body (4th pharyngeal pouch).
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