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brane has the same structure in both anterior 

 and middle regions of the stomach. That of the 

 pyloric or small region, although fixed, stained, et 

 cetera, just as. carefully as the rest, did not show 

 cell details suffi- 

 ciently well to 

 draw; the ducts of 

 the glands in this 

 region are fairly dis- 

 tinct but the deeper 

 parts of the glands 

 have the appear- 

 ance of series of 

 alveoli or large adi- 

 pose cells. What 

 the significance of 

 this condition may 

 be the writer is not 

 able to say, but 

 since the structure 

 of this region of the 

 gastric mucous 

 membrane is not 

 clear no attempt 



will be made to describe its appearance under 

 higher magnification than was employed in the fig- 

 ure above. However, as will be noted below, there 

 is probably no great difference between the pyloric 

 mucosa and that of the other regions of the stomach. 

 Figure 46 shows portions of typical glands 



Fig. 46. The glands of the middle or 

 fundic region of the stomach of the hiber- 

 nating animal, under high magnification; 

 A, through duct; B, through body of gland; 

 C, through fundus of gland. 



