510 



THE BRAIN OF MAMMALS, BY TH. MEYNERT. 



at p. 508 of the lateral system, come under the head of the 

 radiating fasciculi of the medulla oblongata described by Len- 

 hossek. 



The longitudinal fibrce rectce, connecting the hypoglossal 

 nucleus with the pyramids, appear to be continuous with the 

 scattered " nuclei of the pyramids " of Stilling, which are espe- 

 cially developed along the internal border of the pyramids, and 

 which are composed of clusters of nerve corpuscles that agree 



Fig. 258. 



Fig. 258. Transparent transverse section of the medulla oblon- 

 gata of Man, immediately below the apex of the calamus scriptorius. 

 C, Central canal ; P, pyramid; 0, inferior olivary body ; ME, nucleus 

 of the lateral column, not far distant from its free external surface 

 behind the olivary body ; /S, region of Rolando's eminence (ascending 



