THE GLANDS OF THE STOMACH. 



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of the glands and the basis of attachment of the glandular 

 cells. 



In the cardiac end of the stomach two distinct kinds of cells 

 are found in the deeper part of the gland tubes. One kind, 

 which is much the more numerous, consists of small, pale sphe- 

 rhoidal cells, which occupies the lumen of the gland and forms 

 the regular cell lining of its cavity. These cells have been 



FIG. 69. 



Diagram showing the relation of the ultimate twigs of the blood vessels (v and A), 

 and of the absorbent radicals (L) to the glands of the stomach, and the diflerent kinds 

 of epithelium, viz., above cylindrical cells; small, pale cells in the lumen, outside of 

 which are the dark ovoid cells. 



called the " chief cells " (Hauptzellen), or " central spheroidal 

 cells:' 



The cells of the other form are comparatively few, being alto- 

 gether wanting in some of the glands. They are larger and 

 more striking than the central cells, between which and the base- 

 ment membrane they lie scattered here and there over thefundus 

 of the gland, making the delicate membrane bulge. They stain 



