This is an image created for A.D.A.M. showing a goblet cell of the stomach lining. Goblet cells are responsible for secreting mucous which coats and protects the stomach. The goblet cell structure includes microvilli which help move food along through wave-like motion. Also represented in this image are the nucleus and nucleolus, golgi apparatus, rough endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, lysosomes, vessicles, and cytoskeleton.