PROJECTION SYSTEM
\pɹəd͡ʒˈɛkʃən sˈɪstəm], \pɹədʒˈɛkʃən sˈɪstəm], \p_ɹ_ə_dʒ_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_m]\
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The sensory nerve fibers of the body which terminate in the cortex, passing through the central tubular gray matter after converging from the crura cerebri, primarily derived from peripheral sensory nerves; so-called because an image of the external world is considered as projected upon the cerebral cortex by the aid of this s.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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