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ZOOLOGY. 



segmented. In all Vertebrates above the lamprey, the ve'rte- 

 bral column grows around the notochord, which finally 



FIG. 371. 



Fig. 369. Transyerpe section through the spinal cord of a calf, a, anterior, b, 

 posterior longitudinal fis*ure ; c, central canal; d, anterior, e, posterior cornua; f, 

 eubstantia gelatinosa: <?, anterior column of the white substance; h, lateral, i, pos- 

 terior column ; k, transverse commissures. After Gegenbaur. 



Fig. 370. Section through the vertebral column of Ammocoetes Oamprey). Ch, no- 

 tochord; cs, chordal sheath ; ra, spinal chord ; a, aorta; v, veins. 



Fig. 371. Section through the spinal column of a young salmon. Ch, notochord ; 

 cs, chorda! sheath; m, spinal cbord; k, superior, k', inferior arch (rudimentary) ; a, 

 aorta ; v, veins. After Gegenbaur. 



forms the central portion of the bodies of the vertebrae, and 

 in the higher Vertebrates is wholly effaced ; the centra or 



