[Cellulomembranous formations as the main stroma of the hepatic lobe in mammals].

Thick (25-30 mu) sections of the fresh human, rabbit and rat liver were dismembered by vibrating in saline and the connective-tissue honeycomb-pannicular formations (HPF) were revealed. While being devoid of hepatocytes they correspond to the surface of the cross section of the lobule in a number of cases both by the form and by the size. Silver impregnation stains the HPF in yellow and the argirophilic fibres in black. Under natural conditions hepatocytes are disposed on the HPF with the wide basal side forming a one-cell-high layer with its total body and the free opposite apical surface.