Catalogue or guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy, 29 Paradise Street.

  • Liverpool Museum of Anatomy.
Date:
[1877?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue or guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy, 29 Paradise Street. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    .643.—View of the membrana tympani, or membrance of the drum of the ear, showing also the ossicles. (A) Malleus, or hammer; (c) incus, or anvil; orbicular bone ; (c) stapes, or stirrup. 644. —The petrous portion of the temporal bone having been, removed the canals of the cochlea and semi-circular are seen. (6) Carotid artery. [See No. 637.] 645. —A model of the Eye, largely magnified, dissectable. (1) The cornea, the transparent or horny part; (2) the sclerotic coat, or white. The dark spot in the centre is the pupil, surrounded by the coloured part, called the iris. This is fixed in the second coat called the (3) choroid coat which is itself black. Between the 1st and 2nd coats is the aqueous humour. 646 —The double convex lens by which the rays are refracted and meet on the back part of the eye. where the object we see is impressed inverted on the optic nerve called the retina, then transmitted along the optic nerve to the soul or sensorium. (o) The ciliary processes surrounding the lens ; (6) vitreous humour enveloped in the hyaloid membrane ; (7) the three straight muscles of the eye ; (S) superior oblique muscle passing through the pulley at the upper¬ most inner part of the orbit ; (9) the lachrymal glands and ducts ; the apparatus connected with the tears. (See Nos. (132 to G37.) 646a.—A beautiful specimen of the King Crab, from Demaraia (skeleton.) 646b. — Skeleton and skull of a Tortoise. 646c.—A very beautifully-formed nest of the White Wasp of South America. 647. —A model of the Hand. The ends of the fingers laid- open shows the ramifications of the nerves. The sense of touch is here explained. i. 648. — Model of the Tongue, greatly magnified, showing the three sorts of papilla which belong to the sense of taste. 649. —Model of a Tongue, natural size, having syphilitic ulcera at the root and on the tonsils.