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ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
sities or passions. The cerebellum seems to preside
over muscular motion and the generative
function. The
propensities or instincts, which we possess in common
Fig. 13.
MESIAL SURFACE OP THE BRAIN.
Fig. 13 represents the mesial surface of a longitudinal section of the
brain. 1. Inner surface of left hemisphere. 2. Divided center of the
cerebellum, showing the arbor vitse. 3. Medulla oblongata. 4. Corpus
callosum. 5. Fornix. 6. One of the crura of the fornix. 7. One of
the corpora albicantia, pea-shaped bodies between the crura cerebri.
8. Septum lucidum. 9. Velum interpositum. 10. Section of the mid
dle commissure in the third ventricle. 11. Section of the anterior com
missure. 12. Section of the posterior commissure. 13. Corpora quadrigemina.
14. Pineal gland. 15. Aqueduct of Sylvius. 16. Fourth
ventricle. 17. Pons varolii, through which are seen passing the diverg
ing fibers of the corpora pyramidaiia. 18. Cms cerebri of the left side ;
the third nerve arising from it. 1 9. Tuber cinereum, from which projects
the infundibulum, having the pituitary gland appended to its extremity.
20. One of the optic nerves. 21. The left olfactory nerve terminating
anteriorly in a rounded bulb. Those who are curious in anatomical
and meaningless barbarisms, will find more in the books.
with the lower animals, are found in the lower portion
of the brain ; the higher faculties, and those peculiar