THE LIVER 



413 



treated with Lugol's solution of iodin after alcoholic fixation. The 



amount of glycogen present varies with the diet. After digestion and 



absorption of a carbohydrate 



meal it is greatly increased, hut 



d isappears during fasting. Even 



when glycogen is quite deficient, 



the hepatic cells still present a 



granular appearance from the 



presence of other substances, 



possibly zymogem. 



FAT GLOBULES. Fat glo- 

 bules occur in hepatic cells in FIG. 386. 

 limited numbers, and appear to 

 he a normal constituent. The 

 globules vary much in size, but 



are all very small. Their number is also dependent upon diet and diges- 

 tion. During absorption of a fatty meal, fat globules occur in consider- 

 able numbers, and are most numerous in those hepatic cells which are 



Blood rnpillary 



Bile capillary 



Lymph space 



Nucleus 



DIAGRAM OF FOUR ADJACENT 

 LIVER CELLS. 



(Adapted from Merkel. ) 



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FIG. 387. BILE CAPILLARIES OF THE HEPATIC LOBULE, FROM THE LIVER OF A CAT. 



a, a portal canal; />, a small interlobular bile duct. Golgi's stain and hematein. 

 Moderately magnified. (After Geberg.) 



at the periphery of the lobule. They are not normally found in the 

 vicinity of the central vein. 



The hepatic cells also frequently contain brown or yellowish-brown 



