Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anotomy

STOMACH

• Fundic stomach (View image)
  • It shows mucosa, submucosa, muscularis and serosa
  • Mucosa is lined by simple columnar epithelium. Lamina propria shows branched tubular fundic glands with neck body and fundus
  • Chief, parietal and mucous neck cells can be identified in H & E preparations
  • Chief cells are cuboidal with basal nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm
  • Parietal cells are pyramidal with strong eosinophilic cytoplasm and central nucleus
• Pyloric stomach (View image)
  • Gastric pits are deep. The glands are lined by mucous cells
  • The glands are branched coiled tubular type. The nuclei are flattened and located at the base