Stichocyte
Glandular cells associated with the esophagus in nematodes
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Stichocytes are glandular unicellular cells arranged in a row along the posterior portion of the oesophagus, each of which communicates by a single pore with the lumen of the oesophagus. They contain mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, abundant Golgi apparatuses, and usually 1 of 2 types of secretory granules, α-granules and β-granules, indicating secretory function.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Collectively stichocytes form the stichosome. Characteristic of Trichocephalida and Mermithida,[1] two groups of nematodes.
