Department of Histology and Embryology, P. J. Šafárik University, Medical

Faculty, Košice

Digestive tract and associated glands, microscopic structure:

Sylabus for foreign students

Author: doc. MVDr. Jarmila Veselá, CSc.

Gastric glands:

(1) glandulae cardiacae

(2) glandulae gastricae propriae

(3) glandulae pyloricae

gastric glands consists of 3 parts:

1. an upper isthmus

2. an intermediary neck

3. a deep base (body)

Small Intestine – Intestinum tenue Function: the site of terminal food digestion, nutrient absorption and endocrine secretion

Anatomically: DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, ILEUM

Blood supply in liver

1. nutritive arterial system – arteria hepatica propria: forms interlobular arteries

2. portal vein system – vena portae: forms interlobular branches and distributing veins

GALLBLADDER - vesica fellea

saccate organ – piriform shaped reservoir of bile (volume 50-80 ml)