A further extension of the surface of the cerebrum has taken place in
connection with the sense of smell. A mass of gray matter, the
=olfactory bulb= (Fig. 144, _a_), reckoned as a part of the cerebrum, is
separated from the latter and lies against the cribriform plate of the
ethmoid bone. From it the olfactory fibres pass through the perforations
of the plate to the olfactory mucous membrane. The olfactory bulb
contains a cavity, a part of the lateral ventricle.
The bulb lies against the ventral surface of the frontal lobe and
projects craniad of it. It is connected to the cerebrum by a tract of
fibres, the =olfactory tract= (Fig. 138, _a_), which is divisible into
two roots, medial and lateral. The medial root comes from the medial
surface of the frontal lobe, where it is continuous with a tract
extending to the cranial end of the corpus callosum. The lateral root is
traceable from an elevated gyrus-like portion of the cerebrum which lies
at the side of the infundibulum and is known as the lobus pyriformis or
tractus postrhinalis (Fig. 138, _f_). The lateral root is divisible into
a medial white strand and a lateral gray strand.
That part of the brain comprising the olfactory bulb and the parts
intimately related to it are frequently included under the term
=rhinencephalon=.
In the triangular area between the two olfactory tracts and craniad of
the optic chiasma appears a mass of gray matter, subdivided by a
longitudinal fissure. This possesses numerous openings through which
blood-vessels pass to the brain substance, and is thence known as the
=anterior perforated substance= (=substantia perforata anterior=) (Fig.
138, _b_).
=Internal Structures of the Cerebrum.=--The cavity of each of the
cerebral hemispheres is known as a =lateral ventricle=. The two lateral
ventricles constitute the _first_ and _second_ of the ventricles of the
brain, whence the application of the names _third_ and _fourth_
ventricles to the cavities of the ’tween-brain and hindbrain. The
lateral ventricles do not grow at the same rate as the walls of the
hemispheres, so that they remain comparatively small. The cavity of
each ventricle is further reduced in size by the development on its
floor of a large ridge-like thickening, the =corpus striatum= (Fig. 148,
_f_).
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