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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



The chief connections of the nerve are, however^ with 

 the cerebellum. 



VISUAL SENSATIONS 



Among the sensations by which the animal is made 



TO VERMrS 



FIBRES O 

 VESTIBULA 

 ROOT 



NERVE -V/7%(GANGLION OF 

 ENDINGS -Vy/ SCARPA 

 IN MACUL/E 

 8. AMPULL/E 



Fig. 58. — Connections of the vestibular division of the eighth nerve 

 (from Schafer's Essentials of Histology): c.r., rcstifonn body; 

 V, descending root of fifth nerve; p., principal nucleus of vesti- 

 bular root; cZ., descending vestibular root; D, nucleus of Deiters ; 

 B, nucleus of Bechterew; n.t., nucleus fastigii of cerebellum ; p.l.b., 

 posterior longitudinal bundle. 



aware of its own movement are those arising in the eyes.- 

 The optic nerve at the anterior corpora quadrigemina 

 comes into connection with the cerebellum by the superior 

 peduncles, and with the spinal nerves by the posterior 

 longitudinal bundle. 



