The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden].

  • William Cheselden
Date:
1732
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Credit: The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rap. iy. Tab. iii.g. ‘Tab. ul. 10. Tab. ill. 13. Tab. viii. Is. OF the Bones of the Head. nearer the Occiput, are two more of an oval fi- eure, which are the fourth Foramina, through which pafs the largeft branches of the fifth pair of nerves; and a raw’ S breadth farther two very fmall ones, called the fifth Foramina, through which thofe branches of the carotid arteries enter that are beftowed upon the Dura Mater. Be- tween this laft defcribed bone and the Offa Pe- trofa, are two large rough holes, in which I have feen hirge veins; and ee thefe holes through part of the Os Sphenoides, under the Prerygoid proceffes are {mall holes, through which pafs nerves and arteries to the back part of the nofe. Ossa TEMPORUM, are fituated below the parietal bones, at the middle and lower parts of the fides of the fcull; they have each at their back-parts, one large procefs, called Mammilla- ris, OF Maftoideus, and from the lower and mid- dle parts of each a procefs which joins the Offa Malarum, named Jugalis or Zygomaticus, ‘Ossa Perrosa, lie between the former bones and the occipital bones, or are truly por- tions of the former bones, being never found fe- parate in adult bodies. They have each on their outfide one long flender procefs, called Stylifor- mis, and from the fide of this procefs a Fora- men, which runs obliquely forwards into the {cull ; thefe are the fixth Foramina; and one Fo- ramen in the infide of the {cull leading to the or- gans of hearing, which are the feventh Foramina. The ridge on “the upper parts of each of thefe bones in the infide of the fcull, as alfo on each fide raifed by the Os Frontis and Sphenoides,
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