On the areas of the axis cylinder and medullary sheath as seen in cross sections of the spinal nerves of vertebrates.
On the areas of the axis cylinder and medullary sheath as seen in cross sections of the spinal nerves of vertebrates.
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.920150102
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发表时间:
1905-01-01
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通讯作者:
Hoke, GW
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作者:
Donaldson, HH;Hoke, GW
Introduction.-The results presented in this paper are, in each case, based on averages of the measurements of twenty or more spinal nerve fibers. The nerves were taken from various animals representing the five great classes of vertebrates. The measurements show that the areas of the medullary sheath and enclosed axis are nearly equal, and by consequence that the volume of the substance forming the axis cylinders is equal to that forming the medullary sheaths. The relation constitutes a point of similarity remarkable for its wide extension through the vertebrate series.'It enables us, moreover, to estimate in any nerve the volunie of the substance specialized for the conductio, i of the nerve impulse. Since this quantitative relation between axis cylinder and sheath is so close, it strongly suggests that in some way the axis controls the formation of the surrounding medullary substance. In the spinal nerves of some animals this relation, as expressed by the equal areas of the axis and sheath when the fibers are seen in the cross section, was pointed out several years ago