The anatomical record . chainlirr showing its form and size, the distriliution of thevomero-nasal and olfactory ncuro-fpithelium and peripheral course of thevomero-nasal ner\e8. X 10. The nerse fibers from that portion of the ncuro-epitheliumof the orsan situated on the lateral wall collectinto two limbs :ui anteri()r and a posterior. The former isthe smaller and courses downward in the lateral wall of thenasal fossa. The latter is a broad flat band that passes mediallylieneath the floor and is joined by the anterior limb. VOMERO-NASAL APPARATUS 57 Thoso cerscoursing mediallj Ije
The anatomical record . chainlirr showing its form and size, the distriliution of thevomero-nasal and olfactory ncuro-fpithelium and peripheral course of thevomero-nasal ner\e8. X 10. The nerse fibers from that portion of the ncuro-epitheliumof the orsan situated on the lateral wall collectinto two limbs :ui anteri()r and a posterior. The former isthe smaller and courses downward in the lateral wall of thenasal fossa. The latter is a broad flat band that passes mediallylieneath the floor and is joined by the anterior limb. VOMERO-NASAL APPARATUS 57 Thoso cerscoursing mediallj Ijeneath the floor to the iiiediul wall aiid atthe same time receiving iidditioiuil fibers from the neuro-epithe-iiun). In the medial wall the broad flat band of nerve filx^rsb«come» sonuiwhat narrowetl and thickened and courses dorsallyand somewhat caudally to the roof of the nasal fossa. Here it isjoined by the bundle of olfactory nerves of the same side and the. Kij!. 1 A transverse seotion of the head of a turtle passing through the middleof the posterior nasal oanal. It shows the form of this passage and the relationof vomcro-nasal and iii-rves in tlic^ir cuiirsi tlinmuh tin- 10. combijied filaments of vomcro-nasal and olfactory fibers of theopposite side. The combiiiening in thecranium to the cranial cavity, .\lthough the right ami theleft vomero-nasal and olfactory nerves course tlirougli the cran-ium together the nerve fil)ers of the lUtTerent bundles do notintcrmijigl(\ They lie contiguous to one another and may lx»separated from each other with little effort ivs will be s<Hn byixfcrriiig to figure 4. 58 K. McCOTTER As th»y «!nter tho cniiiiHl rnvity tho vnmoro-nasal uml olfat-tory nones soimrato: the fornuT jmss dorsiil to tlic ulfactorynerves and to the ilorsnl surfuco of the olfactory l)ull) wherethe filamen
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