A dendritic cell of the skin and mucosa, containing Birbeck granules, and present in all layers of the epidermis but most prominent in the stratum spinosum.

plural of Langerhans cell

plural of delta cell

A kind of somatostatin-producing cell found in the stomach, intestine, and islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.

plural of guard cell

plural of Kupffer cell

A kind of specialized macrophage located in the liver lining the walls of the sinusoids that form part of the reticuloendothelial system.

plural of Merkel cell

An oval receptor cell having synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents, found in the skin of vertebrates and associated with the sense of light touch discrimination of shapes and textures.

plural of germ cell