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An excitable cell specialized to receive, integrate, and transmit information through electrical and chemical signaling.

Adipocytes store or use energy and send signals that help coordinate whole-body metabolism.

Astrocytes help maintain the chemical environment around neurons and interact with blood vessels and synapses.

A lymphocyte whose activated descendants can secrete antibodies and form memory cells.

Basophils are rare circulating granulocytes that can participate in allergic and type 2 immune responses.

Blood cells develop from hematopoietic stem cells and include cells that transport gases, defend against infection, or support clotting.

Cardiac muscle cells contract in a coordinated way to pump blood through the heart.

Cholangiocytes line bile ducts and modify the fluid that flows through them.

Chondrocytes make and maintain the specialized matrix of cartilage.

Connective-tissue cells help make, maintain, or remodel the matrix that supports tissues.