Archive image from page 1187 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( 1154 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. order to allow of the expansion of the tube during swallowing. It connects the mucous Longitudinal fibres diverging' Trachea Fig. 909. — Dissection to show the arrangement of the muscular fibres on the posterior aspect of the oesophagus and pharynx. Traced upwards, the longitudinal muscular fibres of the oeso- phagus are seen to separate posteriorly; passing round to the sides, they form two longitudinal bands which meet

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Archive image from page 1187 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( 1154 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. order to allow of the expansion of the tube during swallowing. It connects the mucous Longitudinal fibres diverging' Trachea Fig. 909. — Dissection to show the arrangement of the muscular fibres on the posterior aspect of the oesophagus and pharynx. Traced upwards, the longitudinal muscular fibres of the oeso- phagus are seen to separate posteriorly; passing round to the sides, they form two longitudinal bands which meet anteriorly and are united to the cricoid cartilage, as shown in the next figure.

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