A manual of the dissection of the human body / by Luther Holden ; with notes and additions by Erskine Mason.

  • Luther Holden
Date:
1868
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Credit: A manual of the dissection of the human body / by Luther Holden ; with notes and additions by Erskine Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    osseous points. We have seen the sterno-thyroids joined together bj transverse fibres.] Omo-hyoid.^The omo-hyoid arises from the notch in the scapula and the ligament over it; and is inserted into the body of the os-hyoides near the great cornu. This muscle is digastric ; that is, it consists of two fleshy portions connected by a tendon. Pay attention to its direc- tion (fig. 3). From the scapula it comes nearly horizontally forwards across the lower part of the neck, and passes beneath the sterno-mastoid, over the sheath of the great vessels of the Fig. Occipital a. . Hypoglossal n. Descendens noni n. . . 2nd cervical n. Superior thy- loid a. . . 3rd cervical n. Communicans noni n. . . Crico-thyroid m Internal jugu- lar V.. . . Common caro tid a.. . . Digastricns. Junction of my- lo-hyoideL N. accessorius. Os hyoides. Pomum AdamL Crico-thyroid membrane. Cricoid cartilage. Isthmus of thy- roid gland. Trachea. Middle thyroid V. CENTKATJ LINE OF THE NECK.—COimSE AND RELATIONS OF COMMON CABOTID A.