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parietal cell
biology
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- Also called:
- Oxyntic Cell, or Delomorphous Cell
- Related Topics:
- stomach
- endocrine cell
parietal 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.