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| − | Enclosed within the skull is the central organ of the nervous system, the '''brain'''. The appearance of the brain is made up of both '''grey''' and '''white matter''' that can be ''divided into several parts''. At first glance, the surface of brain is made up of grey matter and forms what is "'''convolutions''' of the cerebrum, and the '''laminae''' of the cerebellum"...."grey matter is found in the interior of the brain, collected into large and distinct masses or ganglionic bodies, such as the corpus striatum, optic thalamus, and corpora quadrigemina." Under this first layer, the "...grey matter is found intermingled intimately with the white, but without definite arrangement..." And in the third layer "the | + | Enclosed within the skull is the central organ of the nervous system, the '''brain'''. The appearance of the brain is made up of both '''grey''' and '''white matter''' that can be ''divided into several parts''. At first glance, the surface of brain is made up of grey matter and forms what is "'''convolutions''' of the cerebrum, and the '''laminae''' of the cerebellum"...."grey matter is found in the interior of the brain, collected into large and distinct masses or ganglionic bodies, such as the corpus striatum, optic thalamus, and corpora quadrigemina." Under this first layer, the "...grey matter is found intermingled intimately with the white, but without definite arrangement..." And in the third layer "the white matter of the brain is divisible into three distinct classes of fibres: '''diverging''', '''comissural''', and '''associations''' fibres." |
[pg. 47, '''GRAY'S ANATOMY by Henry Gray F.R.S (c) 1995, 15th Edition'''] | [pg. 47, '''GRAY'S ANATOMY by Henry Gray F.R.S (c) 1995, 15th Edition'''] | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 16 August 2006
Enclosed within the skull is the central organ of the nervous system, the brain. The appearance of the brain is made up of both grey and white matter that can be divided into several parts. At first glance, the surface of brain is made up of grey matter and forms what is "convolutions of the cerebrum, and the laminae of the cerebellum"...."grey matter is found in the interior of the brain, collected into large and distinct masses or ganglionic bodies, such as the corpus striatum, optic thalamus, and corpora quadrigemina." Under this first layer, the "...grey matter is found intermingled intimately with the white, but without definite arrangement..." And in the third layer "the white matter of the brain is divisible into three distinct classes of fibres: diverging, comissural, and associations fibres."
[pg. 47, GRAY'S ANATOMY by Henry Gray F.R.S (c) 1995, 15th Edition]
