Question of the Day

This is a parietal cell and it secretes hydrochloric acid.

Chief cells secrete pepsinogen and chymosin. Parietal and chief cells are located in the fundic gland.

Gastric pits are invaginations of the glandular gastric mucosa that are lined by columnar, surface mucous cells.

The cardia is a region of the stomach but there is not a cell named “cardiac cell” in this region.

Refs: Bacha and Bacha, Color Atlas of Veterinary Histology, 3^rd ed. Image courtesy of Jpogi.