A Text-book of medical practice for practitioners and students / edited by William Bain.
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: In copyright
Credit: A Text-book of medical practice for practitioners and students / edited by William Bain. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
34/1042 page 6
![Whilst the above-mentioned changes are occurring the lower apertures of the Eustachian tubes, closed at other periods, are opened ))y the contraction of the fibres of the palate muscles which are attached to them, and air is allowed to pass into the tymijanic cavities. In tlie mucous membrane of the i^harynx there are numerous nodules of adenoid tissue, but in certain situations the nodules are aggregated together, and this is more Fig. 4—Dissection of the Thorax from Behind, Showing the Relations of the Viscera and Vessels (from Poirier's Anaiomy). 1. Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion. 2. Internal carotid artery. 3. Thyroid body. 4. Conimou carotid artery. 5. Aorta. 6. Left pulmonary artery. 7. Left lung. 8. Left bronchus. 9. Thoracic duct. 10. Left vagus nerve, n. Mediastinal pleura. 12. Vena azygos minor inferior. 13. Pharynx. 14. Right superior laryngeal nerve. 15. Right vagus nerve. 16. Right internal jugular vein. 17. Trachea. 18. Right inferior thyroid artery. 19. Right recurrent laryngeal nerve. 20. Right subclavian artery. .21. Right innominate vein. 22. (Esophagus. 23. Right vagus nerve. 24. Vena azygos major. 25. Right bronchial artery. 26. Right pulmonary vein. 27. Right lung. 28. Inferior vena cava. 29. Diaphragm. particularly the case on the posterior surface of the soft palate round J]^^, >^^^J^ Eustachian tubes, in the roof of the pharynx, nndway between the Eu« jchia tu^^^^^^^^^^ in.mediately behind the anterior pillars of the fauces. In the ^'^^f ^^^^^^^^ • collections of adenoid nodules are called tonsils, the one n, the roof bemg distniguished as Luschka's t()nsil.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21510167_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
