Ectoderm Derived Cell Types
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Integumentary system
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Keratinizing epithelial cells
- Epidermal keratinocyte (differentiating Epidermis (skin)|epidermal cell)
- Epidermal basal cell (stem cell)
- Keratinocyte of fingernails and toenails
- Nail bed basal cell (stem cell)
- Medullary hair shaft cell
- Cortical hair shaft cell
- Cuticular hair shaft cell
- Cuticular hair root sheath cell
- Hair root sheath cell of Huxley's layer
- Hair root sheath cell of Henle's layer
- External hair root sheath cell
- Hair matrix cell (stem cell)
Wet stratified barrier epithelial cells
- Surface epithelial cell of stratified squamous epithelium of cornea, tongue, human oral cavity|oral cavity, esophagus, anal canal, distal urethra and vagina
- basal cell (stem cell) of epithelia 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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Nervous system
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Sensory transducer cells
- Hair cell - Auditory inner hair cell of organ of Corti
- Hair cell - 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 human eye|eye:
- Photoreceptor rod cells
- 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 II carotid body cell (blood pH sensor)
- Type I hair cell of vestibular system of ear (acceleration and gravity)
- Type II hair cell of vestibular system of ear (acceleration and gravity)
- Type I taste bud|taste bud cell
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Autonomic neuron cells
- Cholinergic neural cell (various types)
- Adrenergic neural cell (various types)
- Peptidergic neural cell (various types)
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Sense organ and peripheral neuron supporting cells
- Inner pillar cell of organ of Corti
- Outer pillar cell of organ of Corti
- Inner phalangeal cell of organ of Corti
- Outer phalangeal cell of organ of Corti
- Border cell of organ of Corti
- Hensen cell of organ of Corti
- Vestibular apparatus supporting cell
- Taste bud supporting cell
- Olfactory epithelium supporting cell
- Schwann cell
- Satellite glial cell (encapsulating peripheral nerve cell bodies)
- Enteric glial cell
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Central nervous system neurons and glial cells
- Neuron cells (large variety of types, still poorly classified)
- Interneurons
- Basket cells
- Stellate cells
- Golgi cells
- Granule cells
- Lugaro cells
- Unipolar brush cells
- Martinotti cells
- Chandelier cells
- Medium spiny neurons
- Cajal–Retzius cells
- Double-bouquet cells
- Neurogliaform cells
- Spinal interneuron
- Principal cells
- Spindle neuron
- Pyramidal cells
- Place cells
- Grid cells
- Speed cells
- Head direction cells
- Betz cells
- Stellate cells
- Astrocyte (various types)
- Oligodendrocyte
- Ependymal cells
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Lens cells
- Anterior lens epithelial cell
- Crystallin-containing lens fiber cell
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