The class-book of anatomy : designed for schools, explanatory of the first principles of human mechanism, as the basis of physical education . he aorta, or primitive artery of thebodv froS which all others arise; •, » «he diaphragmatic nerve,havLToriginhigh up, on the side of the neck, and travellingdownfnto the chest! on the outside of the venca,,hum, or heartcase to reach the diaphragm,.- the partition that divides the chestfrom the abdomen. If this nerve is divided, all motion in the dia-Km will cease. It should be recollected that it is a muscle ofei ion,- rising and falling with the infla
The class-book of anatomy : designed for schools, explanatory of the first principles of human mechanism, as the basis of physical education . he aorta, or primitive artery of thebodv froS which all others arise; •, » «he diaphragmatic nerve,havLToriginhigh up, on the side of the neck, and travellingdownfnto the chest! on the outside of the venca,,hum, or heartcase to reach the diaphragm,.- the partition that divides the chestfrom the abdomen. If this nerve is divided, all motion in the dia-Km will cease. It should be recollected that it is a muscle ofei ion,- rising and falling with the inflation and collapse of thelungs. The base, or rather underside of the heart, as it .s suspend- 12 134 ANATOMICAL CLASS BOOK. ed from above, rests on the diaphragm at the lower b ; b, b, i, theheart case ; d, the descending cava, or great vein that returns tneblood from the head and arms, into the right auricle ot ine neait. ARTERIES. To describe the arteries in a manner intelligible to per-sons who have never examined an anatomical preparation,in which these vessels are distended with wax, is certainlya difficult undertaking. Fig. ANATOMICAL CLASS BOOK. 135 Explanation of Fig. referring back to the plan of the perfect double heart, i showsthe origin of the carotid artery, a branch from the arch of the this very accurate plan of the superficial arteries of the head, ais the continued trunk of the carotid artery: it is this vessel whichis usually divided by suicides; it is this vessel also, with its mateon the other side of the neck, which, when compressed, causes ap-poplexy and death, f, the occipital artery, going to the muscles onthe back of the head ; b, is the larynx, or vocal box; c, indicatesthe place where the carotid divides into the n, the external carotid,branching onward; b, also is the superior thyroid artery; p, thethyroid glam!, and inferior thyroid artery ; k, the temporal artery,felt beating in the temple, and sometimes selected to bleed fro
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