The anatomist's vade mecum: containing the anatomy, physiology, morbid appearances, &c. of the human body; the art of making anatomical preparations, &c. ... / [Robert Hooper].

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835
Date:
1820
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Credit: The anatomist's vade mecum: containing the anatomy, physiology, morbid appearances, &c. of the human body; the art of making anatomical preparations, &c. ... / [Robert Hooper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1] nuntber of perforations, which transmit the olfactory nerves into the nose; they are called the foramina cribrosa. Passing backwards, there are two round holes near each other, one going to the bottom of each orbit; these are for the passage of the optic ‘nerves, and are ‘called foramina optica: beyond these holes there is a smal! cavity, which will admit the end of one’s little finger, surrounded by four processes, two of which are anterior, and two postericr ; these are termed clinoid processes, and the cavity in their middle, which con- tains the pituitary gland, the sella turciea. Under each an- terior clinoid process is a considerable fissure, the foramen lacerum. orbitale supertis, woich communicates with the or- bit, and transmits the third, fourth, the first branch of the fifth, and the sixth pair of nerves, and the ophthalmic ar- tery. Beyond this fissure, proceeding backwards, there is a round and then an oval hole; the first is the foramen ro- tundum, through which the second branch of the fifth pair of nerves passes; the other, the foramen ovale, is for the passage of the third branch of the fifth pair of nerves. Contiguous to the foramen ovale is asmall hole, the foremen spinosum, through which the spinous artery of the dura mater enters. Between the foramen ovale, and the poste- rior clinoid process, on each side of the sella turcica, there is a considerable ragged aperture, the carvtid canal, which is partly filled up with cartilage in the fresh subject, and is for the entrance of the carotid artery, and the exit of the great intercostal nerve. <A projecting portion of bone next presents itself, called the petrous portion of the tempo- ral bone; it has.upon its posterior surface an oval opening, the meatus auditorius internus, through which the nerve for the organ of hearing, and the facial nerve, proceed. Im- mediately below this is an irregular oval opening, formed B 6