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and a ventral nucleus which are each subdivided Into two, and a. latero-ventral 

 nucleus. Of these nuclei, the -posterior division of the dorsal nucleus belongs to 

 the retinal fiber-system, while the remaining nuclei receive afferent tracts from the 

 cortex to the primary optic terminals. Each of these latter nuclei stands in relation 

 with a, definite portion of the visual system. 



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Fig. 168. — Frontal section through the brain just behind the chiasma. 

 Diagrammatic. Centr. Hohlengrau, Central gray matter of the ventricle. Gitter- 

 scMcht, Latticed layer. Hauhenfaserung , Tegmental fiber-system. LAns. K. 

 SoMinge, Ansa lentiformis. Stabhrane sum Thalamus, Corona radiata to the 

 thalamus. Unterer Thalamus Stiel, Inferior pedicle of the thalamus. Zur 

 Schleife, To the fillet. 



2'he thalamus is essentially a "receiving-station": on the one hand, for 

 the fibers from the cerebral cortex — the corona radiata of the thalamus; on the 

 other hand, for the fibers from the corpus striatum — radiatio strio-thalamica, 



