Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy . where that nervemaking its firfl turn, pafles along with it through what is called the aque-du(3:. This nerve, compofed of portio dura, and the branch of the fifthpair, fends off, in, the adult, the chorda tympani before its exit from tho: OF SOME BRANCHES OF THE FIFTH PAIR OF NERVES. 267 fkull; and in the foetus, immediately after. Tht termination of thebranch, called chorda tympani, I fhall not defcribe; yet I am almoft cer-tain it is not a branch of the feventh pair of nerves, but the laft-defcribedbranch from the fifth pairj for I thia
Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy . where that nervemaking its firfl turn, pafles along with it through what is called the aque-du(3:. This nerve, compofed of portio dura, and the branch of the fifthpair, fends off, in, the adult, the chorda tympani before its exit from tho: OF SOME BRANCHES OF THE FIFTH PAIR OF NERVES. 267 fkull; and in the foetus, immediately after. Tht termination of thebranch, called chorda tympani, I fhall not defcribe; yet I am almoft cer-tain it is not a branch of the feventh pair of nerves, but the laft-defcribedbranch from the fifth pairj for I thiak I have been able to feparate thisbranch from the portio dura, and have found it lead to the chorda tympa-ni; perhaps, is continued into itj but this is a point very difficult to de-termine, as the portio dura is a compadt nerve, and not fo fafciculated asfome others are; however this may be, it is very reafonable to fuppofe thatthe chorda tympani is a branch of the fifth pair, as it goes to join anotherbranch ariling from the fame trunk. • ^dU-^M. /?1:!J/lM/ .>yl//l. [ 269 } PLATE XVII. THE olfadory, or firft pair of nerves, as they are feen upon themembrane of the feptum narium. The bony feptum is removed to expofe the nerves of the right noftril;^,as they pafs at firfl between the membrane and bone, A The OS The frontal finus. C The cartilaginous part of the feptum narium. **** The cut edge, from w^hich the feptum has been feparated all round. D The furface of the common fkin, where it is lofl in the membrane of the The upper lip. F Part of the alveolar procefs of the maxillary bone next the lymphyfis,G The roof of the The bony The uvula, and palatum The upper part of the fauces,L The opening of the Euftachian The cuneiform procefs of the os The in fide of the cuneiform procefs, near the foramen inagmmrTse^ ^ cipitale. ? O The pofterior clinoid The fphenoid finus, with its f
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