PAGE  130. —

261.  Give  the  first  two  functions  of

the  nervous  system,  demon-
strating each.
PAGE  131. —

262.  Give  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth

functions,  demonstrating  each;

263.  Give   sixth  and  seventh  func-

tions, and  demonstrate  each.
PAGE  132. —

264.  How  is  the  nervous  system  div-

ided and  subdivided  ?
PAGE  133.—

265.  Describe  the  brain.
PAGE  134.—

266.  Describe    the    cerebrum    and

cerebellum.
267.  Describe  the  spinal  cord.
268.  Where   do   the   cerebro-spinal

nerves   originate?      What  is
their  form  ?

269.  Describe  nervous  fibres.  Where

do  they  originate  ?

270.  What  do  nervous  fibres  form  at

their  termination?

271.  What  is  the  size  of  those  nerv-

ous fibres,  and  where  are  they
smallest  ?


PAGE  135.—

272.  What  does  the  sympathetic  sys-

tem consist  of?

273.  Where  is  it  situated,  and  how

is  it  connected  ?

274.  What  course  is  pursued  by  its

nerves  ?
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275.  Mention    the    two    substances

composing  the  nervous   sys-
tem.
276.  Where  is  the  white  substance

within   the   gray,  and  where
the  gray  within  the  white?

277.  Of  which  substance  are  the  nerv-

ous  fibres   and   tubes  ?      Of
which  the  cells  ?

278.  Which  substance  forms  the  cen-

tral organ  of  the  nervous  sys-
tem ?

279.  What    function    has   the   gray

substance  ?  What  function  the
white  ?

280.  To  what  may  both  materials  be

compared  ?


LESSON  XXXI.— THE  NERVOUS
SYSTEM,  u.
PAGE  137. —

281.  Explain  the  reason  for  the  con-

volutions in  the  brain.
PAGE  138. —

282.  What  seems  to  be  the  function

of  the  cerebral  hemispheres  ?
and  what  are  the  reasons  for
believing  this  ?
PAGE  139. —

283.  State  the  function  of  the  medul-

la oblongata.
