. The brain as an organ of mind. of the outer layer there is a singlerow of large ganglion cells yJuTo ^^ ¥0^0 ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^diameter, whose large branching arms ramify throughout thewhole of this stratum, becoming finer as they approachthe surface (fig. 167, b, b). The ultimate ramifications ofthese nerve processes, together with a kind of connectivetissue substance, unite to form a most delicate matrix offibres, amidst which are interspersed a number of smallcorpuscles. These are either mere nucleoid bodies orsmall angular cells, and like the similar corpuscles in thegrey matter of the Cere
. The brain as an organ of mind. of the outer layer there is a singlerow of large ganglion cells yJuTo ^^ ¥0^0 ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^diameter, whose large branching arms ramify throughout thewhole of this stratum, becoming finer as they approachthe surface (fig. 167, b, b). The ultimate ramifications ofthese nerve processes, together with a kind of connectivetissue substance, unite to form a most delicate matrix offibres, amidst which are interspersed a number of smallcorpuscles. These are either mere nucleoid bodies orsmall angular cells, and like the similar corpuscles in thegrey matter of the Cerebrum it is impossible to say whichshould be regarded as belonging to the connective tissue,and which have a right to the title of nerve of them, as W. H. 0. Sankey has ascertained, arein direct continuity with the ramifications of the ganglioncells. Running along the inner part of this layer across 466 THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE the direction of the large branches of the ganghon cellsare a number of fine nerve
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