[Morphofunctional changes in the cat pancreas after resection of the jejunum].

Experiments with resection of the jejunum were carried out in male cats. Changes in the structure of the exocrine and endocrine portion of the organ were studied histologically. Amylase and lipase activity and sugar content were determined in the blood. Hypertrophy and hyperplasia were discovered in the acinar portion of the gland in the course of 1 to 14 days of the experiment; in the endocrine portion it was present for 7 to 30 days. On the 21st, 30th and 180th days of the experiment an atrophic process was observed in the acinar cells; in the island cells it was seen on the 180th day only. The function of the exocrine portion of the pancreas was disturbed on the 2nd-21st days of the experiment, while that of the endocrine portion-on the 7th day only.