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HISTOLOGY 



the neck of the gland, and the slightly expanded basal end is the fundus. 

 Apparently the neck is the zone of growth, since it is the place where 



Epithelium. 



- 



' '''-* ^ ' ''''-'' 



Gastric pit. 



Neck. , 



Smooth muscle fibers. 



Parietal cell. 



%^ i..-;* \ i]ir Fundus - 

 Hi 'ii-'^ H'^-'Ml, 



Ill; mm \'wd >' 







Tubules 

 of the 

 gastric 

 glands. 



i : v 



FIG. 245. VERTICAL SECTION OF THE Mucous MEMBRANE OF A HUMAN STOMACH, SHOWING GASTRIC 

 GLANDS (GLANDUL* GASTRIOB PROPRL). X 220. 



mitotic figures are found. Each tubule is composed of cells of two sorts, 

 chief cells and parietal cells. 



The chief cells usually form the greater part of the tubules. They are 



