THE BRAIN 



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tern. But we rebel vigorously at the suggestion that 

 there is no such thing as choice or freedom. 



Sensory Areas. As the motor regions of the cere- 

 brum are regarded as places from which impulses take 

 their departure to affect subordinate mechanisms, so 

 there are in the cortex areas within which sensory cur- 



FIG. 29. The upper figure represents the left hemisphere from out- 

 side, that is, from the left. The lower figure shows the internal or 

 mesial aspect of the right hemisphere from the left side. Areas usually 

 claimed to possess special relations are marked .as follows: H, hearing; 

 V, vision; Sm, smell; Sp, speech. 



rents are received. As the cells of the cerebrum never 

 connect directly with the fibers of skeletal muscle, so, 

 the receptors of the body never connect directly with 

 the cortex. At least one relay is made on each sensory 

 path and usually rnqre than one. We are best ac- 

 quainted with the relations between the eyes and the 

 brain. 



