176 REVIEW QUESTIONS. 



QUESTIONS FOR TOPICAL REVIEW. 



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1. State fully what is meant by the term vegetable function 148 



2. To what is man indebted for his position as the head of the animal crea- 



tion ? 148, 149 



3. What can you state on the subject of special organs for separate functions ? 149 



4. Describe, as fully as you can, the structure of the nervous system 149, 150 



5. Describe the brain, its location, size, shape, and structure 150. 152 



6. Describe the brain proper, or cerebrum 152, 153, 174 



7. What connection is noticed between the cerebrum and mental 



power ? 153, i 72 , 174 



8. Describe the little brain, or cerebellum 153, 154, 173 



9. Describe the spinal cord 154, 155, 155 



10. What are the spinal nerves, and how are they arranged ? 156, 157 



11. What is the character and substance of their tissues ? 157 



12. State how the nerve-fibres perform their office, and give the illustra- 



tion 157, 158 



13. Describe the sympathetic system of nerves 158 



14. State what is meant by the properties of nervous tissue, and give the 



illustration 159, 160 



15. Explain what is meant by the functions of the nerves, and give the 



illustration 160, 101, 162 



16. What is meant by a transient paralysis of a nerve ? Give the illustra- 



tion 161, 162 



17. What can you state of the rate of message-motion along a nerve ? 162 



18. What are the functions of the spinal cord ? 162, 163, 104, 165 



19. State what you can of the form of paralysis known as paraplegia 163 



"20. What experiments, with results, upon the spinal cord are noted? 163, 164 



21. Explain how injury of the cord may produce paralysis of motion in one 



leg, and at the same time a loss of sensation in the other 164 



22. Explain how, if the right hand be hurt, the left side of the brain is made to 



feel the pain 105 



23. Now, explain as fully as you can the direction of the fibres of the cord. 164, 165 



24. What is understood by the reflex action of the cord ? 165 



25. What experiments are mentioned to prove this power of the cord ? 165, 160 



26. What are the uses of the reflex action of the cord ? 167-KO 



27. What illustrations are mentioned to show such uses ? 167-170 



28. What is the medulla oblongata ? 154, 170 



29. What are the functions of the medulla oblongata ? 170, 171 



30. What can you state of the functions of the cranial ganglia ? 171, 172 



31. What are the functions of the cerebellum ? 172 



32. What is the function of the cerebrum ? 172, 174 



33. In what way does the size of the brain generally indicate- the character 



of the man ? 172, 173 



34. What facts show that the gray substance of the brain is insensitive * 173 



35. Upon what does the faculty of language seem to depend ? 174 



36. What has been observed in support of this statement ? 174 



37. Of what importance is the reflex action of the brain ? 174, 175 



3S. In what ways is this importance made manifest ? 174, 175 



