| List of distinct cell types in the adult human body |
| | Adrenergic neural cell (various types) |
| | Cholinergic neural cell (various types) |
| | Peptidergic neural cell (various types) |
| | Barrier function cells (Lung, Gut, Exocrine Glands and Urogenital Tract) |
| | Duct cell (of seminal vesicle, prostate gland, etc.) |
| | Kidney collecting duct cell |
| | Kidney glomerulus parietal cell |
| | Kidney glomerulus podocyte |
| | Loop of Henle thin segment cell (in kidney) |
| | Nonstriated duct cell (of sweat gland, salivary gland, mammary gland, etc.) |
| | Pancreatic duct cell (centroacinar cell) |
| | Type I pneumocyte (lining air space of lung) |
| | Blood and immune system cells |
| | Connective tissue macrophage (various types) |
| | Dendritic cell (in lymphoid tissues) |
| | Epidermal Langerhans cell |
| | Erythrocyte (red blood cell) |
| | Microglial cell (in central nervous system) |
| | Stem cells and committed progenitors for the blood and immune system (various types) |
| | Central nervous system neurons and glial cells |
| | Astrocyte (various types) |
| | Neuron cells (large variety of types, still poorly classified) |
| | Ciliated cells with propulsive function |
| | Ciliated ependymal cell of central nervous system (lining brain cavities) |
| | Ductulus efferens ciliated cell (in male) |
| | Oviduct ciliated cell (in female) |
| | Respiratory tract ciliated cell |
| | Rete testis cilated cell (in male) |
| | Uterine endometrial ciliated cell (in female) |
| | Intermediate skeletal muscle cell |
| | Myoepithelial cell of exocrine glands |
| | Myoepithelial cell of iris |
| | Ordinary heart muscle cell |
| | Red skeletal muscle cell (slow) |
| | Satellite cell (stem cell) |
| | Smooth muscle cell (various types) |
| | White skeletal muscle cell (fast) |
| | nuclear bag cell of Muscle spindle |
| | nuclear chain cell of Muscle spindle |
| | Epithelial cells lining closed internal body cavities |
| | Blood vessel and lymphatic vascular endothelial continuous cell |
| | Blood vessel and lymphatic vascular endothelial fenestrated cell |
| | Blood vessel and lymphatic vascular endothelial splenic cell |
| | Cell of Boettcher (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Cell of Claudius (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Choroid plexus cell (cerebrospinal fluid secretion) |
| | Columnar cell of endolymphatic sac with microvilli (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Columnar cell of endolymphatic sac without microvilli (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Dark cell (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Nonpigmented ciliary epithelium cell of eye |
| | Pia-arachnoid squamous cell |
| | Pigmented ciliary epithelium cell of eye |
| | Serosal cell (lining peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities) |
| | Squamous cell (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Squamous cell (lining perilymphatic space of ear) |
| | Stria vascularis basal cell (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Stria vascularis marginal cell (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Synovial cell (lining joint cavities, hyaluronic acid secretion) |
| | Vestibular membrane cell (lining endolymphatic space of ear) |
| | Exocrine secretory epithelial cells |
| | Apocrine sweat gland cell (odoriferous secretion, sex-hormone sensitive) |
| | Bartholin's gland cell (vaginal lubricant secretion) |
| | Bowman's gland cell in nose (washes olfactory epithelium) |
| | Brunner's gland cell in duodenum (enzymes and alkaline mucus) |
| | Bulbourethral gland cell (mucus secretion) |
| | Ceruminous gland cell in ear (wax secretion) |
| | Eccrine sweat gland clear cell (small molecule secretion) |
| | Eccrine sweat gland dark cell (glycoprotein secretion) |
| | Gastric gland oxyntic cell (hydrochloric acid secretion) |
| | Gastric gland zymogenic cell (pepsinogen secretion) |
| | Gland of Littre cell (mucus secretion) |
| | Gland of Moll cell in eyelid (specialized sweat gland) |
| | Isolated goblet cell of respiratory and digestive tracts (mucus secretion) |
| | Lacrimal gland cell (tear secretion) |
| | Mammary gland cell (milk secretion) |
| | Pancreatic acinar cell (bicarbonate and digestive enzyme secretion) |
| | Paneth cell of small intestine (lysozyme secretion) |
| | Prostate gland cell (secretes seminal fluid components) |
| | Salivary gland mucous cell (polysaccharide-rich secretion) |
| | Salivary gland serous cell (glycoprotein enzyme-rich secretion) |
| | Sebaceous gland cell (lipid-rich sebum secretion) |
| | Seminal vesicle cell (secretes seminal fluid components, including fructose for swimming sperm) |
| | Stomach lining mucous cell (mucus secretion) |
| | Type II pneumocyte of lung (surfactant secretion) |
| | Uterus endometrium cell (carbohydrate secretion) |
| | Von Ebner's gland cell in tongue (washes taste buds) |
| | Extracellular matrix secretion cells |
| | Ameloblast epithelial cell (tooth enamel secretion) |
| | Bone marrow reticular tissue fibroblasts |
| | Cementoblast /cementocyte (tooth root bonelike cementum secretion) |
| | Elastic cartilage chondrocyte |
| | Fibrocartilage chondrocyte |
| | Hyaline cartilage chondrocyte |
| | Hyalocyte of vitreous body of eye |
| | Loose connective tissue fibroblasts |
| | Nucleus pulposus cell of intervertebral disc |
| | Odontoblast /odontocyte (tooth dentin secretion) |
| | Organ of Corti interdental epithelial cell (secreting tectorial membrane covering hair cells) |
| | Osteoprogenitor cell (stem cell of osteoblasts) |
| | Other nonepithelial fibroblasts |
| | Planum semilunatum epithelial cell of vestibular apparatus of ear (proteoglycan secretion) |
| | Stellate cell of perilymphatic space of ear |
| | Spermatogonium cell (stem cell for spermatocyte) |
| | Gut, Exocrine Glands and Urogenital Tract Cells |
| | Ductulus efferens nonciliated cell |
| | Epididymal principal cell |
| | Exocrine gland striated duct cell |
| | Gall bladder epithelial cell |
| | Intestinal brush border cell (with microvilli) |
| | Kidney distal tubule cell |
| | Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell |
| | secreting steroid hormones (mineralcorticoids and glucocorticoids) |
| | Corpus luteum cell of ruptured ovarian follicle secreting progesterone |
| | Gut and respiratory tract cells secreting serotonin |
| | secreting cholecystokinin |
| | Intermediate pituitary cell, secreting melanocyte-stimulating hormone |
| | Juxtaglomerular cell (renin secretion) |
| | Leydig cell of testes secreting testosterone |
| | Macula densa cell of kidney |
| | Magnocellular neurosecretory cells |
| | Theca interna cell of ovarian follicle secreting estrogen |
| | Keratinizing epithelial cells |
| | Cuticular hair root sheath cell |
| | Cuticular hair shaft cell |
| | Epidermal basal cell (stem cell) |
| | Epidermal keratinocyte (differentiating epidermal cell) |
| | External hair root sheath cell |
| | Hair matrix cell (stem cell) |
| | Hair root sheath cell of Henle's layer |
| | Hair root sheath cell of Huxley's layer |
| | Keratinocyte of fingernails and toenails |
| | Medullary hair shaft cell |
| | Nail bed basal cell (stem cell) |
| | Anterior lens epithelial cell |
| | Crystallin-containing lens fiber cell |
| | Metabolism and storage cells |
| | Retinal pigmented epithelial cell |
| | Sense organ and peripheral neuron supporting cells |
| | Border cell of organ of Corti |
| | Hensen cell of organ of Corti |
| | Inner phalangeal cell of organ of Corti |
| | Inner pillar cell of organ of Corti |
| | Olfactory epithelium supporting cell |
| | Outer phalangeal cell of organ of Corti |
| | Outer pillar cell of organ of Corti |
| | Satellite cell (encapsulating peripheral nerve cell bodies) |
| | Type I taste bud supporting cell |
| | Vestibular apparatus supporting cell |
| | Auditory inner hair cell of organ of Corti |
| | Auditory outer hair cell of organ of Corti |
| | Basal cell of olfactory epithelium (stem cell for olfactory neurons) |
| | Cold-sensitive primary sensory neurons |
| | Heat-sensitive primary sensory neurons |
| | Merkel cell of epidermis (touch sensor) |
| | Olfactory receptor neuron |
| | Pain-sensitive primary sensory neurons (various types) |
| | Photoreceptor cells of retina in eye: |
| | Photoreceptor blue-sensitive cone cell of eye |
| | Photoreceptor green-sensitive cone cell of eye |
| | Photoreceptor red-sensitive cone cell of eye |
| | Proprioceptive primary sensory neurons (various types) |
| | Touch-sensitive primary sensory neurons (various types) |
| | Type I carotid body cell (blood pH sensor) |
| | Type I hair cell of vestibular apparatus of ear (acceleration and gravity) |
| | Type II carotid body cell (blood pH sensor) |
| | Type II hair cell of vestibular apparatus of ear (acceleration and gravity) |
| | Wet stratified barrier epithelial cells |
| | Basal cell (stem cell) of epithelia of cornea, tongue, oral cavity, esophagus, anal canal, distal urethra and vagina |
| | Surface epithelial cell of stratified squamous epithelium of cornea, tongue, oral cavity, esophagus, anal canal, distal urethra and vagina |
| | Urinary epithelium cell (lining urinary bladder and urinary ducts) |
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