An aggregation of many smooth muscle cells forms the contractile portions of various organs. Usually one nucleus per cell located centrally. Nuclear shape resembles the shape of the cell. When the muscle contracts the nucleus assumes a corkscrew-like shape. Usually one nucleus per cell located centrally.
Nuclear shape resembles the shape of the cell.
When the muscle contracts the nucleus assumes a corkscrew-like shape. A kind of enteroendocrine cell. The reason it is labeled as a somatostatin cell is that it seems to have cell processes in close association to the other cells suggesting a paracrine mode of secretion. Somatostatin in known to inhibit HCl secretion. The space between an endothelial cell and a hepatocyte in the liver.