He aim of the present study is to revealed some anatomical and histological structure of the digestive system of the blind mole rat (spalax leucodon Egyptiac us). Nine blind mole rat of both sex were used for this study .the digestive system of the lesser blind mole rat is resemble to that of other rodents except some variations. The lip are very small as a flap of skin .the incisor teeth are long, curved and powerful .the stomach is unilocular compound type. The proventriculus is demarcated from the glandular gastric regions by limiting ridge. The glandular region contains simple tubular gland, that lined by three types of cells: mucous neck cells, parietal cells and chief cells. The outer longitudinal muscle layer of both cecum and colon showed teniae. We can concluded that the digestive system of spalax leucodon egyptiacus is similar to that of other rodents, and observed differences due to adaptation to habitat and their diet. 48) Wilczynska, B. (1999) : Histometry and surface area of the alimentary canal of Apodemus flavicollis , Acta Theriologica 44 (1): 2 9-36. 49) Yasamin .T. Qadori (2011) : Histological Studies on Pancreatic Tissue in Diabetic Rats by Using Wild Cherry, the IRAQI postgraduate medical journalVOL.10, NO.3.
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