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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



campi of the two sides through 



the Fornix body, 170, 220, 265, 



266 



Commissure, inferior. See Com- 

 missure, postoptic. 



of MEYNEUT. See Commissure, 

 postoptic. 



middle. See Massa intermedia. 



mollis. See Massa intermedia. 



posterior (commissura posterior), 

 fibers passing transversely 

 through the anterior end of the 

 roof of the midbrain, 162, 220 



postoptic (inferior commissure), 

 fibers passing transversely across 

 the floor of the hypothalamus 

 associated with the optic chias- 

 ma ; contains the commissures of 

 GUDDEN, MEYNERT, and other 

 fibers, 265 



soft. See Massa intermedia. 



superior. See Commissure, habe- 

 nular. 



of tectum (commissura tecti), 

 fibers passing transversely across 

 the roof of the midbrain, con- 

 tinuing backward the Com- 

 missure posterior, 161 



ventral, fibers which cross the 



midplane of the nervous system 



ventrally of the ventricle, 127, 



129, 131, 133, 265 



Compensation of function in cortex, 



294 

 Components of nerves. See System, 



functional. 



Conarium. See Body, pineal. 

 Conduct, neurological basis of, 262, 



312-316 



Conduction, avalanche, the summa- 

 tion of nervous impulses in :i 

 center so as to increase the 

 intensity of discharge, 101, 

 192 



nervous, 38, 54, 90, 97, 98, 101 

 Cones of n-tin.-i, 20.'), 206, 207, 208, 



211 



Conflict in evolution, 314 

 Conjunctiva, 84, 85, 2~>() 

 Consciousness, dissociation of, 297 



evolution of. Sec Psychogenesis. 



of lower animals; cf. Psychogene- 

 sis, 32, 257, 305 



multiple, 297 



Consciousness, neurological mechan- 

 ism of, 104, 166, 224, 242, 249, 

 258, 259, 260, 261, 280, 281, 

 286, 287, 290-297, 305-316 

 seat of, 291 

 of self, 314 



Continuity of consciousness, 297 

 Convolution. Set; Gyrus. 

 of BROCA. See Broca's convolu- 

 tion. 



Coordination, the combination of 

 nervous impulses in motor cen- 

 ters to ensure the cooperation of 

 the appropriate muscles in a re- 

 action, 35, 130, 132, 133, 181 

 Cornea, 84, 85, 249 

 Cornu. See Horn. 

 Corona radiata, the Projection fibers 

 which radiate from the internal 

 Capsule into the cerebral hemi- 

 sphere, 164, 166, 169, 170, 266, 287 

 Corpora quadrigemina, the dorsal 

 part of the Mesencephalon, con- 

 taining the superior and inferior 

 Colliculi, 118, 119, 121, 160, 162, 

 201, 210 



Corpus callosum, a large band of 

 commissural fibers connecting 

 the Neopallium of the two cere- 

 bral hemispheres, 119, 162, 165, 

 166, 170, 220, 265, 206, 267 

 candicans. See Body, mammil- 



lary. 



dentatum. See Nucleus, dentate, 

 fornicis. See Fornix body, 

 geniculatum. See Body, genicu- 



late. 

 mamillare. See Body, mammil- 



lary. 



pineale. See Body, pineal, 

 ponto-bulbare, 114 

 quadrigeminum. Sec; Corpora 



quadrigemina. 



restiforme (restiform body), the 

 inferior peduncle of the cerebel- 

 lum; cf. Peduncle, cerebellar, 

 i::o. 155, 156, 158, 176, 187, 188, 

 192, 201 



striatum (striate body), a subcor- 

 tical or ba.-al mass of gray and 

 white matter in each cerebral 

 hemisphere, 116, 117, 118, 12:5, 

 162, 105, 166, 107, 168, 169, 

 170, 174, 176, 215, 264, 287 



