Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Revue De Medecine Veterinaire, cilt.156, sa.3, ss.135-137, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
The pancreas of the porcupine (Hystrix cristata) was examined by the
naked eyes and light microscopy. The pancreas, located in the mesoduodenum,
consisted of three lobes. It was about 410 mm in total length, about
10-30 mm in width and about 10 mm in maximum thickness. The smallest
lobe was caudally separated from two cranial lobes. This characteristic lobe
was named as a caudal lobe. Two principal and one accessory pancreatic
duct opened into the duodenum. The pancreatic acini, secretory ducts and
endocrine islets were arranged as shown in other rodents. The exocrine pancreas
consisted of closely packed secretory serous acini arranged into numerous
small lobules. A thin connective tissue capsule separated the endocrine
pancreas from the dark staining exocrine serous acini. The pancreatic
islet did not contained excretory ducts. In contrast, exocrine pancreas was
highly vascularized.