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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



Fig. 616. — Transverse Sections from Different Segments of the Spinal Cord, show- 

 ing Shape and Relative Proportions of Grey and White Substance in the Various 

 Regions. 



Posterior funiculus 



Fasciculus cuneatus 





Anterior funiculus 

 Cervical I 



Fasciculus 

 gracilis Posterior septum 







Dorsal (posterior) root 



Dorsal (posterior) horn 



^'^z,^^": 







B 



Anterior 

 median fissure 



Lateral horn 



Ventral (anterior) horn 

 Ventral (anterior) horn 



Cervical VI 







^■j'.liVy 



Thoracic VIII 



~ ■d' -Nucleus dorsalis 



