Taking up and staining strongly with Chromium salts.
Chromaffin may refer to:
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Chromaffin cells
Chromaffin cells, also called pheochromocytes (or phaeochromocytes), are neuroendocrine cells found mostly in the medulla of the adrenal glands in mammals. These cells serve a variety of functions such as serving as a response to stress, monitori ...
, neuroendocrine cells in the adrenal medulla.
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Chromophil
A chromophil biological cell is a cell which is easily stainable by absorbing chromium salts used in histology to increase the visual contrast of samples for microscopy.
Function
Chromophil cells are mostly hormone-producing cells containing so-c ...
cells, hormone producing cells showing ''chromaffin granules'' that readily absorb chromium stains.
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