Scanning electron microscopy of stomach and small intestine of rabbit during foetal and post natal life
O Sabatakou1, E Xylouri-Frangiadaki, E Paraskevakou
1National Agricultural Research Foundation, Neapoleos, Agia Paraskevi, Greece.
Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology
|June 11, 1999
Abstract:
The surface pattern of the stomach and the small intestine of the rabbit was examined using SEM in stages ranging from 26 day of foetal to 24 days of post-natal life. The stomach glands were evident in the late foetuses and became gradually deeper after birth. The villi of the small intestine appeared to have a gradual development during foetal and post-natal life, being short and thick with rounded tips during foetal life while becoming long, slender and finger-like with increasing age.
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