INDEX. 



469 



Spinal accessory nerve, influence 

 of, upon the heart, 176 



functions of the external 



branch of, 177 



Spinal cord, regeneration of, after 

 partial exsection, 65 



physiological anatomy of, ... 264 



filum terrainale of, 265 



columns of, 266 



proportion of white to gray 



substance in, 266 



central canal of, 266 



cornua of the gray substance 



of, ...".. 267 



direction of the fibres of, ... 268 



general properties of, 273 



effects of galvanization of the 



antero-lateral columns of, . 274, 276 



effects of galvanization of 



the posterior columns of, . . 275, 276 



inexcitability and insensibil- 

 ity of the gray substance of, 277, 278 



excitability and insensibility 



of the antero-lateral columns of, 278 



limits of the sensibility of the 



posterior columns of, 278 



action of, as a conductor, . . . 279 



. transmission of motor stimu- 

 lus by, 280 



. situation of the motor con- 

 ductors in different regions of, 281 



functions of the lateral col- 

 umns of, 282 



decussation of the motor 



conductors of, in the medulla 

 oblongata, 283 



decussation of the motor con- 

 ductors of, in the cervical region, 283 



transmission of sensory im- 

 pressions in, 285 



probable functions of the pos- 

 terior white columns of, in mus- 

 cular coordination, 289 



decussation of the sensory 



conductors of, 290 



summary of the action of, as 



a conductor, 295 



action of, as a nerve-centre, 298 



reflex action of (see reflex 



action), 300 



Stomach, Influence of the pneumo- 

 gastrics upon, 245 



Sublingual nerve, 178 



physiological anatomy of, ... 178 



ganglion upon the root of,. . 179 



Sublingual nerve, properties and 



functions of, 180 



effects of section of, 182 



influence of, upon deglutition, 182 



Submaxillary ganglion, 420 



influence of, upon the sub- 

 maxillary gland, 429 



Substantia gelatinosa of the spinal 



cord, 267 



Sympathetic nervous system,-. . . . 416 



general arrangement of,. ... 418 



cranial ganglia of, 419 



cervical ganglia of, 421 



cardiac nerves of, 421 



thoracic ganglia of, 422 



pulmonary plexus of, 422 



splanchnic nerves, 422 



solar plexus, 422 



semilunar ganglia, 422 



lumbar and pelvic ganglia of, 423 



uterine nerves of, 423 



peculiarities in the intimate 



structure of, 424 



connections of, with cerebro- 



spinal nerves, 424 



spiral fibres of, 426 



sensibility and excitability of, 426 



influence of stimulation of 



parts of, upon the intestines,. . . 428 

 influence of, upon the sub- 

 maxillary gland, 429 



reflex action in, 429, 437 



functions of, 430. 



division of the sympathetic 



cord in the neck, 431 



influence of, upon animal 



heat, secretion of sweat, etc., 431, 437 

 influence of, upon the circu- 

 lation, 432,433 



influence of, upon secretion, 434 



influence of, upon the urine, 434 

 influence of, upon the intes- 

 tinal secretions, 434 



influence of, upon certain 



psychical acts, 438 



cases of disease or injury of, 



in the human subject, 440 



experiments upon, in a de- 

 capitated criminal, 440 



Tactile corpuscles, 39 



Taste (see gustation), 156 



Tentorium, 259 



Terminal bulbs of the sensory 

 nerves, . . ... 42 



