[Duodenal glands in normal and vagotomized rats]

In Wistar rats by means of the stereo- and morphometry methods, using semithin sections, histotopography of the duodenal glands (DG) and effect of vagotomy (VT) on them have been studied. The zone of the DG arrangement in the submucosal tela of the duodenum is about 5,000 mcm long. In the proximo-distal direction of the zone mentioned three parts can be distinguished--oral, middle and caudal. In the DG light-optically four varieties of mucocytes are identified. VT results in decreasing thickness of the zone of the DG arrangement, in outgrowth of the connective tissue and in a lowered amount of secrete in mucocytes.