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FlG. 174. A CARDIAC GLAND OF 

 bIMPLE FORM, FROM THE BAT's 



STOMACH. (Osmic acid prepara- 

 tion.) 



c, columnar epithelium of the surface ; 

 , neck of the gland with central 

 ami parietal cells ; /, base or fundus, 

 occupied only by principal or cen- 

 tral cells, which exhibit the granules 

 accumulated towards the lumen of 

 the glaiid. 



FIG. 173. A CARDIAC GLAND FROM THE DOG'S STOMACH. (Highly magnified.) 



d. duct or mouth of the gland ; 6, base or fundus of one of its tubules. On the right the base 

 of a tubule more highly magnified ; c, central cell ; j>, parietal cell. 



