7 2 ESSENTIALS OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



known as the cells of Purkinje. They are flask-shaped, the axon 

 coming from the base and the dendrons from the apex of each cell. 

 Thedendrons branch extensively, and the branches all lie in a plane 



Cell of Purkinje 



Axonsof /.':"';.. 



granule cells 

 cut trans- 

 versely. 



I Small cell j A\A 



of molecular i -QL^ 



layer. j7> 



Basket cell. 



.Molecular 

 layer. 



Golgi cell. 



Nuclear layer. 



'Axon of cell of Purkinje. 

 Neuroglia cell. 



j Tendril flbre. 



Moss fibre. 



FIG. 20. Transverse section of a cerebellar folium. (Diagrammatic, after Cajal and 

 Kolliker. ) From Gray's Anatomy. 



across the direction of the fold or leaflet, so as to resemble a tree 

 trained against a wall. 



The inner (granular) layer contains a large number of small, rust- 

 coloured nerve cells. The dendrites of these are short, and the axons 

 pass into the outer layer, where they divide in a T-shaped manner, the 



