IO2 



THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



oblongata in the lower part of the groove between the olive 

 and the restiform body. After leaving the skull, it joins the 



FIG. 51. Interior of the Skull after the removal of the Brain, showing the 

 points of exit of the twelve cerebral nerves. 



ganglion nodosum of the vagus, and it should really be con- 

 sidered as a part of the vagus nerve (p. 96). 



The spinal portion arises from the anterior column of grey 

 matter in the spinal medulla, and its rootlets emerge on the 



