. Evolution and disease . we recognize a projection T knownas the tragus. In elderly persons this is furnished withsome stiff hairs, sometimes ofL^reat length ; opposite the traguswe note another elevation markedA in the sketch, this is the anti-tragus. The tragus and anti-tragus are separated by a deepnotch, the intertragic lower boundary of this fissueis formed by the lobule L, whichvaries considerably in size indifferent individuals. The signifi-cance of the terms helix andantihelix is easily understood,but the meaning of the termtragus, from the Greek, signify-ing 3- goat, is n
. Evolution and disease . we recognize a projection T knownas the tragus. In elderly persons this is furnished withsome stiff hairs, sometimes ofL^reat length ; opposite the traguswe note another elevation markedA in the sketch, this is the anti-tragus. The tragus and anti-tragus are separated by a deepnotch, the intertragic lower boundary of this fissueis formed by the lobule L, whichvaries considerably in size indifferent individuals. The signifi-cance of the terms helix andantihelix is easily understood,but the meaning of the termtragus, from the Greek, signify-ing 3- goat, is not so suggests the following ex-planation :—In elderly persons the tragus not infre-quently has some stiff hairs growing from it, known asgoats hair. The presence of these hairs was formerlyregarded as indicating a sensual individual. It is pro-bable that such ears, when the hair on the tragus wasabundant, caused them to resemble the sharp-pointed earsof the goat-footed satyrs (aegipans). In older works 13. V\G. 93.—The human pinna ;H, hehx ; X, antihelix ; ; A, antitragus ; L,lobule. 178 EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. on human anatomy the tragus is referred to as Jiircnsor tragus (Latin ///r«/J-=:goat), on account of the hairsgrowing from it. It is unnecessary for me to enter into the question ofthe vestigial nature of mans pinna ; this has been againand again pointed out and admits of no doubt. Like
Size: 1169px × 2138px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectabnormalitieshuman
