THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 



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'■greater CURVATUIte 



PYLORIC STOMACH 



Fig. 215. — The right half of the human stomach, viewed from within. (Redrawn from 



Braus, after Elze.) 



MUCOUS EPITHELIUM- 

 ^OASTRIC PIT<.' 



MUCUS GLANDS<' 



^MUCUS GLANDS 



ETAL CELLS 



MUSCULAR I Sc 



Fig. 216. — Cross sections of the wall of the human stomach, showing A, the struc- 

 ture of the gastric (fundus) glands, and B, that of the pyloric glands. While the secre- 

 tions of gastric glands are chiefly digestive (gastric juice), the pyloric glands secrete 

 mucus chiefly. (Redrawn after Braus.) 



