. Journal of comparative neurology . the myen-teric plexus to the level of the submucous plexus. There canbe no doubt, therefore, that individual nerve-fibers extend fromone of these plexuses into the other. Suhviucous -plexus The ganglia of the submucous plexus, like those of the myentericplexus, are variously connected by commissures of non-medullatedfibers in which both axones and dendrites may be traced. Thesecommissures, in which the fibers are usually more or less com-pactly aggregated, with the ganglia interposed at their nodalpoints form a network which in general is confined to the su
. Journal of comparative neurology . the myen-teric plexus to the level of the submucous plexus. There canbe no doubt, therefore, that individual nerve-fibers extend fromone of these plexuses into the other. Suhviucous -plexus The ganglia of the submucous plexus, like those of the myentericplexus, are variously connected by commissures of non-medullatedfibers in which both axones and dendrites may be traced. Thesecommissures, in which the fibers are usually more or less com-pactly aggregated, with the ganglia interposed at their nodalpoints form a network which in general is confined to the sub- 180 ALBERT KUNTZ mucous layer. As indicated above, the submucous plexus isconnected with the myenteric plexus by fibrous which have their origin in the ganglia of the submucousplexus may be traced into these commissures. Furthermore,nerve-fibers may be traced from the ganglia of the submucousplexus into proximity with the digestive glands where many ofthem terminate on gland-cells and into the gastric folds and. Fig. 2 A, from longitudinal section of small intestine of kitten, showingganglia of myenteric and submucous plexuses with connecting commissures;B, from section through posterior region of oesophagus of ten day embryo ofchick; C, from section through cardiac region of stomach of cat, showing nerve-fibers extending from submucous plexus into gastric fold. 1, tunica propria;2, muscularis mucosae; S, submucosa; 4, muscularis; c, commissure connectingganglia of myenteric and submucous plexuses; cm, circular muscles; cs, commissureconnecting ganglia of submucous plexus; ep, epithelium;/, nerve-fibers;/^ nerve-fibers extending from submucous plexus into gastric fold; Im, longitudinal muscles;M, ganglion of myenteric plexus; Mf, fibers in myenteric plexus; pc, parietal cells;S, ganglia of submucous plexus. INNERVATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TUBE 181 plicae and the intestinal villi where many of them terminate oncells of the digestive epithelium. Such fibers are
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