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nuclei. At the base of the glands the central 

 cells are usually most numerous, the ovoid 

 cells being placed between them and the 

 basement membrane ; towards the neck of 

 the glands the ovoid cells usually increase 

 in number, in the neck the majority of the 

 cells are ovoid ; they are however considerably 

 smaller than in the body of the glands. 

 The ovoid cells frequently cause a bulging 

 outwards of the basement membrane, this is 

 especially the case if the animal has been 

 killed soon after it has fed. 



c. The fine connective tissue immediately inter- 

 nal to the muscularis mucosse, surrounding 

 the bases of the glands, and sending up pro- 

 cesses between them. Towards the surface 

 the fibres have a much closer arrangement, 

 and appear as a number of slender, compara- 

 tively dark, bands, which stain deeply. Mark 

 the scarcity of leucocytes. . 



3. Compare the longitudinal vertical section pre- 

 viously made (Less. viii. § 11) of the muscular 

 coat of a dog's stomach with the transverse 

 vertical section of the muscular coat of the 

 rabbit's stomach (§ 1), in the former the muscular 

 coats are much thicker. 



4. Take a small piece of the fundus region of a 

 rabbit's gastric mucous membrane and prepare a 

 section parallel to the surface through the bodies 

 of the glands. Observe 



