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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYMPATHETIC 

 NERVOUS SYSTEM IN MAN 



ALBERT KUNTZ 



Department of Anatomy, Saint Louis University School of Medicine 



THIRTY-ONE FIGURES 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 173 



Review of literature 174 



Sympathetic trunks 181 



Prevertebral plexuses 186 



Vagal sympathetic plexuses 187 



Cranial sympathetic ganglia 192 



Ciliary ganglion '. 192 



Sphenopalatine ganglion 195 



Otic ganglion 197 



Submaxillary ganglion 201 



Sublingual and lingual ganglia 203 



Sources of the sympathetic neurones 204 



Summary 211 



INTRODUCTION 



The development of the sympathetic nervous system has long 

 been one of the perennial problems in vertebrate embryology. 

 The literature on this subject, representing the work of a large 

 number of investigators, has become voluminous, but reveals no 

 general agreement regarding some of the fundamental aspects 

 of the problem. The majority of the more recent investigators 

 agree in general regarding certain phases of the problem, but dis- 

 agree regarding others. The major portion of the fundamental 

 work recorded is based on embryos of the lower vertebrates. 

 Some important contributions are based on embryos of a variety 

 of mammals, but relatively few of the observations recorded were 

 made on human embryos; 



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