Term Name: secretory cell
Synonyms:
Definition: A cell that specializes in controlled release of one or more substances.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000151]

Relationships
is a type of: native cell
has subtype: acid secreting cell adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell alarm substance cell alkali secreting cell ameloblast androgen secreting cell apocrine cell biogenic amine secreting cell bone matrix secreting cell calcitonin secreting cell carbohydrate secreting cell cementoblast cerebrospinal fluid secreting cell dopaminergic neuron ecdysteroid secreting cell endocrine cell epinephrine secreting cell estradiol secreting cell excretory cell exocrine cell extracellular matrix secreting cell ghrelin secreting cell glandular epithelial cell glucagon secreting cell glucocorticoid secreting cell hatching gland cell histamine secreting cell hypocretin-secreting neuron insulin secreting cell juvenile hormone secreting cell kidney granular cell lung secretory cell luteinizing hormone secreting cell Malpighian tubule stellate cell melanocyte stimulating hormone secreting cell milk secreting cell mineralocorticoid secreting cell mucus secreting cell neuromast mantle cell neurosecretory neuron noradrenergic cell oenocyte paracrine cell peptide hormone secreting cell progesterone secreting cell prolactin secreting cell protein secreting cell sebum secreting cell seminal fluid secreting cell seromucus secreting cell serotonin secreting cell somatostatin secreting cell somatotropin secreting cell steroid hormone secreting cell surfactant secreting cell tears secreting cell testosterone secreting cell vaginal lubricant secreting cell
capable_of: secretion by cell