A network of intracellular canaliculi and abundant microvilli are ultrastructural features of:

a. Chief cells of the gastric epithelium
b. Enteroendocrine cells of the small intestine
c. Surface mucous cells of the gastric epithelium
d. Paneth cells of the small intestine
e. Parietal cells of the gastric epithelium


ANS: E
Parietal cells have extensively modified plasma membranes that are adapted for the secretion of acid.

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