GROSS AND HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE PINEALGLAND OF GOAT

摘要

The pineal gland in goat was found to be a small-oval elongated structure situated in the mid-line in a depression in between the superior colliculi. It was attached to the roof of the third ventricle with a stem. The gland was surrounded by a capsulewhich sent trabeculae into the parenchyma. The lobulations were ill-defined. The gland consisted chiefly of two types of cells viz. pinealocytes and astrocytes. The connective tissue consisted chiefly of reticular fibres , collagen and elastic fibres along with blood vessels. The collagen and elastic fibres were sparse.