has been described as situated in the posterior quadrigeminal bodies. cerebrospinal c

The cerebrospinal axis, or central nervous system, including the encephalon and the spinal cord, ciliospinal c. Ac. in the lower cervical region of the spinal cord which gives rise to the nerve fibers, causing dilatation of the pupil, cortical c's. Regions of the cerebral cortex endowed with special functions, motor, sensory, or psychical, defecation c. A c. in the lumbar portion of the spinal cord, supposed to keep the sphincter ani in a state of tonic contraction and to control reflexly the normal movements of defecation, deglutition c. A c. in the gray matter in the floor of the fourth ventricle, which presides over the reflex act of swallowing. diabetic c. An area in the median line of the anterior half of the floor of the fourth ventricle. C. Bernard discovered that a puncture in this region caused glycosuria, expiratory c. That portion of the general respiratory c.in the medulla which controls the expiratory movements, facial movement c's. The cortical c's for the movements of the muscles about the face, situated in the lower third of the ascending frontal convolution, general sensibility c. Cortical regions in which the perception and representation of contact, pain, the position of the body and temperature are produced. They overlap the posterior central convolution. gen i to spinal c. A reflex c. in the spinal cord at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra of the dog. It presides over the sexual functions in the male and female, and also the muscular action of the bladder, genitourinary c. A c. in the lumbar portion of the spinal cord which is concerned in the erection of the penis and the emi ion of semen, glandular c's. The urinary c's. glycogenic c. See diabetic c.