The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) : $b Separate memoirsBalfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland)
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The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) : $b Separate memoirs
Balfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland)
Embryology; Zoology
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN, pp. 397-407. General history.
_Fore-brain._--Optic vesicles. Infundibulum. Pineal gland. Olfactory lobes.
Lateral ventricles. _Mid-brain._ _Hind-brain._--Cerebellum.
Medulla.--Previous investigations. Huxley. Miklucho-Maclay. Wilder. ORGANS
OF SENSE, pp. 407-412. _Olfactory organ._--Olfactory pit. Schneiderian
folds. _Eye._ General development. Hyaloid membrane. Lens capsule.
Processus falciformis. _Auditory organs._--Auditory pit. Semicircular
canals. MOUTH INVOLUTION and PITUITARY BODY, pp. 412-414. Outgrowth of
pituitary involution. Separation of pituitary sack. Junction with
infundibulum. DEVELOPMENT OF CRANIAL NERVES, pp. 414-428. Early development
of 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th cranial nerves. Distribution of the nerves
in the adult. _The fifth nerve._--Its division into ophthalmic and
mandibular branches. Later formation of superior maxillary branch. _Seventh
and auditory nerves._--Separation of single rudiment into seventh and
auditory. Forking of seventh nerve over hyomandibular cleft. Formation of
anterior branch to form ramus ophthalmicus superficialis of adult. General
view of morphology of branches of seventh nerve. _Glossopharyngeal and
vagus nerves._--General distribution at stage L. Their connection by a
commissure. Junction of the commissure with commissure connecting posterior
roots of spinal nerves. Absence of anterior roots. Hypoglossal nerve.
MESOBLAST OF HEAD, pp. 429-432. _Body-cavity and myotomes of
head._--Continuation of body-cavity into head. Its division into segments.
Development of muscles from their walls. General mesoblast of head.
NOTOCHORD IN HEAD, p. 433. HYPOBLAST OF THE HEAD, pp. 433-434. The
formation of the gill-slits. Layer from which gills are derived.
SEGMENTATION OF THE HEAD, pp. 434-440. Indication of segmentation afforded
by (1) cranial nerves, (2) visceral clefts, (3) head-cavities. Comparison
of results obtained.
CHAPTER X.
THE ALIMENTARY CANAL, pp. 446-459.
_The solid oesophagus._--OEsophagus originally hollow. Becomes solid during
Stage K. _The postanal section of the alimentary tract._--Continuity of
neural and alimentary canals. Its discovery by Kowalevsky. The postanal
section of gut. Its history in Scyllium. Its disappearance. _The cloaca and
anus._--The formation of the cloaca. Its junction with segmental ducts.
Abdominal pockets. Anus. _The thyroid body._--Its formation in region of
mandibular arch. It becomes solid. Previous investigations. _The
pancreas._--Arises as diverticulum from dorsal side of duodenum. Its
further growth. Formation of duct. _The liver._--Arises as ventral
diverticulum of duodenum. Hepatic cylinders. Comparison with other types.
_The subnotochordal rod._--Its separation from dorsal wall of alimentary
canal. The section of it in the trunk. In the head. Its disappearance.
Views as to its meaning.
CHAPTER XI.
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