Sheet 8.
The Brain of the Rabbit.--
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{Figures 1-5.} ar., arrow in the iter. a.c., the anterior commissure, a thickening of the anterior wall of the third ventricle. c.c., corpus callosum. c. cb., crura cerebri. c.h., cerebral hemispheres. c.q., corpora quadrigemina. f.cbm. (right), flocculus of the cerebellum. l.h., left cerebral hemisphere (=ch.). l.l., lateral lobe of cerebellum. m.c., middle commissure. m.o., medulla oblongata. op., optic nerve. o.l., olfactory lobe. o.th., (right), optic thalamus. p.c., posterior commissure (thickening of postero-dorsal wall of the third ventricle). p.g., pineal gland. pt., pituitary body. p.V., pons Varolii. s.c., thin roof of the fourth ventricle. v.cbm., vermis of cerebrum. v.l., lateral ventricle. {Figure 4.} Nerves.-- I., Olfactory. II., Optic. III., Oculo-motor. IV., Patheticus. V., Trigeminal. VI., Abducens. VII., Facial (portio dura). VIII., Auditory (portio mollis). IX., Gustatory (glossopharyngeal. X., Pneumogastric or vagus. XI., Spinal Accessory. XII., Hypoglossal. Figure 6. The Spinal Cord in section.-- c.c., the central canal. d.f., the dorsal fissure. d.n., the dorsal nerve root; g., its ganglion. v.f., the ventral fissure. v.n., the ventral nerve root. Note that in Figure 1 the central canal is continuous with the fourth ventricle. Figure 7. Histological elements.-- g.c., multipolar ganglion cell. n., nucleus of a medullated nerve. a.c., its axis fibre. s.S., (sheath of Schwann), medullary sheath interrupted at intervals by n.R., the nodes of Ranvier. n.m.f., a non-medullated fibre. |
Sheet 9.
-The Nerves of the Rabbit_.
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Figure I. Rough sketch of dissection of the neck from the left ventral aspect.-- The bands of muscle between hyoid, mandible, and sternum, and the thymus gland carefully cleared. lr., is the larynx, and b., the balla. s.m.g., the right sub-maxillary gland (the left has been removed). The nerves are numbered. l.r.l.n., [r.r.l.n.] is the left recurrent laryngeal looping under that solid connection between the pulmonary artery (p.a.) and ao., the aortic arch, which was an open tube in the embryo, the ductus arteriosus. hy., is the hyoid with its posterior cornua. ph.n., is the phrenic nerve. r.r.l.n., [l.r.l.n.] is the right recurrent looping under the sub-clavian. s.c.g., is the super or cervical ganglion of the sympathetic (sym.); s.l.n., is the left superior laryngeal, and g. the left depressor branch of x. z., is the ramus descendens noni of the twelfth nerve. In early development the heart lay just beneath the pharynx in the position of the larynx (compare Dog-fish and Frog); as the neck elongated, the heart shifted back with its vessels, and so the long loop of the recurrent laryngeal comes to be drawn out in this singular way. Figure II. Diagram of orbit to show V.1 orbit-nasal, V.2 the maxillary, and V.3 the mandibular branch of V. In order to show these in dissection, the malar must be cut away, and the eye and glands of the orbit removed. s.r., e.r. [p.r.], i.r., and a.r., cut ends of the superior, external (or posterior), inferior, and anterior (or internal) recti muscles. s.o., and i.o., the superior and inferior obliques. Figure III. General diagram of the Rabbit's cranial nerves. Figure IV. Rough sketch of dissection of the nerves and blood-vessels dorsal to stomach.-- The stomach turned over to the animal's right, the Spigelian liver lobe cleared from the oesophagus, the mesentery supporting spleen and hiding solar plexus picked off, and the mesentery hiding sympathetic cleared. coe.art., coeliac artery, and s.m.a., superior mesenteric artery. coe.g. coeliac, and s.m.g., superior mesenteric ganglion. The two together form the solar plexus. l.abd.sym., left abdominal sympathetic (in the actual dissection, the right would also be visible). l.a.r., left adrenal. l.sp.n., left splanchnic nerve. r.art., renal artery. r.v., renal vein. st., the stomach, and sp., the spleen. x., the vagus on oes., the oesophagus. |