STRUCTURE OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX 



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cortex, and supports numerous branches which extend out into the adjacent 

 territory, bringing it into contact with a relatively large number of nerve cells. 

 These processes are dendritic in character. The base of the pyramidal cell 

 always has a single axis-cylinder process which is directed down into the white 

 matter, and which in some cases ultimately finds its course through the corona 

 radiata into the pyramids below. The axis-cylinder processes give off col- 



FIG. 398. The Cerebrum, from Above. (After Eberstaller.) 



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medians) 



Sale, 

 extremm: 



FIG. 399. Right Hemisphere, from Within. (After Eberstaller.) 



