When using standard staining techniques, they cannot be distinguished from each other (though they can be distinguished from basophils and chromophobes),[1] and are therefore identified simply as "acidophils".
acidophil, cell, anterior, pituitary, term, acidophil, used, describe, different, types, cells, which, stain, well, with, acidic, dyes, somatotrophs, which, secrete, growth, hormone, peptide, hormone, lactotrophs, which, secrete, prolactin, peptide, hormone, m. In the anterior pituitary the term acidophil is used to describe two different types of cells which stain well with acidic dyes somatotrophs which secrete growth hormone a peptide hormone lactotrophs which secrete prolactin a peptide hormone Acidophil cellMicroanatomy of the pars distalis of the anterior pituitary showing chromophobes basophils and acidophilsIdentifiersTHH3 08 02 2 00020Anatomical terminology edit on Wikidata When using standard staining techniques they cannot be distinguished from each other though they can be distinguished from basophils and chromophobes 1 and are therefore identified simply as acidophils See also editEosinophilic Acidophile histology Basophilic Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Basophil cell Oxyphil cell Oxyphil cell parathyroid Pituitary gland Neuroendocrine cellReferences edit Histology image 14002loa from Vaughan Deborah 2002 A Learning System in Histology CD ROM and Guide Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0195151732 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acidophil cell amp oldid 1147458141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
