PARIETAL CELL


Meaning of PARIETAL CELL in English

also called Oxyntic Cell, or Delomorphous Cell, in biology, one of the cells that are the source of the hydrochloric acid and most of the water in the stomach juices. The cells are located in glands in the lining of the fundus, the part of the stomach that bulges above the entrance from the esophagus, and in the body, or principal part, of the stomach.

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