Research Article

Surgical Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Vasculature in the Laboratory Rat

Table 1

Morphological comparison of the rat and human stomach.

Rat stomachHuman stomach

Semilunar shaped sacPear-shaped sac
Fundus ventriculi forms blind ventricular sacOnly simple fundus ventriculi
The mucous membrane is divided into glandular part and nonglandular part The mucous membrane is simple and consists of glandular part
Weight 1,8% of the total body weightWeight 6,2% of the total body weight
Long celiac trunkShort celiac trunk