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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s3-92, 79-86, Copyright © 1951 by Company of Biologists
1 Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Oxford
During the absorption of fat by the intestinal epithelium of the mouse, spindle-shaped particles of lipoid material can be seen in the free border of the epithelial cells. The spindles, which lie with their axes at right angles to the surface of the free border, correspond in position with the spindle-shaped canals previously described by the author in various vertebrates.