The nervous system of the human body. Embracing the papers delivered to the Royal Society on the subject of the nerves.

  • Bell, Charles, Sir.
Date:
1830
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    r Bronchia. H Stomach. 1 Diaphragm. The third, sixth, and ninth nerves are not lettered, but only the fol- lowing respiratory nerves. Ill Par vagum, arising by a single set of roots, and passing to the larynx, the lungs, heart, and stomach. 2 2 Superior laryngeal branch of the par vagum. 3 Recurrent or inferior laryngeal branch of the par vagum. 4 Pulmonic plexus of the par vagum. 5 Cardiac plexus of the par vagum. 6 Gastric plexus or corda ventriculi of the par vagum. 7 Fourth nerve, a nerve of this system to the eye. 8 Respiratory nerve or portio dura to the muscles of the face, arising by a single root. 9 Branches of the glosso-pharyngeal. 10 Origins of the superior external respiratory or spinal accessory nerve. 11 Branches of the last nerve to the muscles of the shoulder. 12 12 12 Internal respiratory, or the phrenic nerve to the diaphragm. 13 Inferior external respiratory to the serratus magnus. PLATE III. This plate represents that portion of the spinal marrow from which the nerves of the axillary plexus go off. A A The medulla spinalis. B B B B The sheath or theca of the spinal marrow. C C C C C C The anterior roots of the spinal nerves, coming down from the anterior or motor column of the spinal marrow, before they join the posterior roots, and before they pass out of the sheath. D D D D D The posterior roots of the spinal nerves. Between these distinct roots the ligamentum denticulatum intervenes. This is trans- parent, being a process of the tunica arachnoidea.