THE HEPATIC LOBULE 



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The bile capillaries are true secretory canaliculi by which the 

 bile, after secretion by the hepatic cells, finds its way along the 



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FIG. 270. BILE CAPILLARIES OF THE HEPATIC LOBULE, FROM THE LIVER OF A CAT. 

 a, a portal canal ; 6, a small interlobular bile duct. Golgi's stain and hematein. Moder- 

 ately magnified. (After Geberg.) 



anastomosing cell columns to some point at the periphery of the 

 lobule, where the cell column becomes continuous with a minute 

 bile duct, the secreting cells within the lobule presenting a rapid 



Fio. 271. SHOWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INTRALOBULAR AND INTERLOBULAR 



BILE DUCTS IN THE CAT'S LIVER. 



a, interlobular vein; 6, interlobular bile duct; c, intralobular bile capillaries. Golgi 

 stain and hematein. Highly magnified. (After Geberg.) 





