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ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 



gland, receiving the contents of the cells, which, as in the liver, 

 are the agents operating upon the blood-constituents so as to 

 convert them into ' pancreatic juice.' Hyde Salter, who found 



384 



383 



fsss 



m& 



Pancreatic follicles ; Rat. Magn. 150 diara. ccxxxr. 



in the thin ramified plates of the 

 Rodents' pancreas the best condi- 



385 



Selective cells from the pancreatic follicles of the Rat. 

 Magn. 400 diam. ccxxxi. 



tions for microscopic scrutiny, has 

 given the following amongst other 



386 



Portion of epithelium lining a small duct 

 l-400th of an inch in diameter. From a 

 Rahbit. Mag. 300 diam. ccxxxi. 



illustrations of the ultimate 

 structure of this gland. Fig. 

 384 shows a group of follicles 

 from the pancreas of a Rat, 

 viewed so as to bring their 

 central cavity into focus. 

 The average size of a pan- 

 creatic follicle is -g-J-Q of an 

 inch : they are commonly 

 arranged in groups of very 

 various numbers. 



In the follicles proteine 

 matter is formified or deve- 

 loped as selective cells, of 

 from Tir Vo- to ToVo of an inch 



Ultimate lobule or acinus of the pancreas of a Mouse. 

 Mac-n. ISO diam ccxxxi. 



