A MORPHOMETRY ANALYSIS OF GALT AND ITS AGING ASSOCIATED CHANGES / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

The amount of gastrointestinal associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of 99 cases of autopsy died from various accidents has been examined by Videoplan. The results showed that the density of GALT in appendix (0.24mm~2/mm-length of GIT) is the maximum, the next is in ileum (0.0941/mm~2/mm). Since the total area of ileum is much more larger than that of appendix, it is suggested that ileum may possess the primarily important immunefunction in GIT.No statistical difference of aging associated changes of the amount of GALT could be identified in this study, however, a tendency of decline existed. The factors related with this result were discussed.