A short description of the human muscles : chiefly as they appear on dissection : together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / by John Innes.

  • Innes, John, 1739-1777.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A short description of the human muscles : chiefly as they appear on dissection : together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / by John Innes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. TRANSVERSUS AURIS, Arises from the prominent part of the con- cha on the dorsum of the ear; the fibres not so fleshy as in the former. Inserted opposite to the outer side of the antihelix. Use. Draws the parts to which it is con- nected, towards each other, and stretches the scapha and concha. The muscles oi the internal ear are three: 1. LAXATOR TYMPANI, Arises by a small beginning from the ex- tremity of the spinous process of the sphenoid bone, behind the entry of the artery of the dura mater ; then runs backwards, and a lit- tle upwards, along with the nerve called chorda tympani, in a fissure of the os temporis near the fossa that lodges the condyle of the low- er jaw. Inserted into the long process of the mal- leus, within the tympanum, where it rests upon the edge of the fissure between the pars squamosa and petrosa. Use. To draw the malleus obliquely for- wards towards its origin, consequently the membrana tympani, by which that membrane is made less concave, or is relaxed. Ex-