Buckmaster's Elements of animal physiology / by John Angell.

  • Angell, John
Date:
1866
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    ventricles of the brain. It consists of delicate white fibrous tissue and a network of bloodvessels. Its principal functions are—i, to allow the bloodvessels which enter the skull to break up into innumerable minute branches before entering the substance of the brain; 2, to supply the cerebrospinal fluid. It forms a close-fitting sheath to the spinal cord, and gives off a serrated membranous process, termed the denticulate ligament, also a fila7nentous process, termed the filum terminate, by which the spinal cord is safely retained in its proper position. Tabular View of the Cranial Nerves and their Functions. o c3 > (/) c o CL o .s '5 <u B o •c 1st. Olfactory nerve, distributed 2nd. Optic nerve, ,, 3rd. Motor oculi, „ 4th. Trochlear nerve, ■ ' Ophthalmic branch, Superior maxillary branch, i 5> Inferior maxillary „ branch, 5> .,6th. Abducens nerve. Ito the lining membrane of the nose, is the special nerve of s/nell. i to the eyeball, the I special nerve of sight. ' to the levator palpebra of the upper eyelid, and superior, inferior, and - internal straight, and the inferior oblique muscles of the eyeball .—a motor nerve, f to the trochlear, or ) pulley muscle of the J eyeball and fibrils; to ( tire lachrymal gland. ' to the orbit, eyeball, lachrymal gland, cavity of the nose, palate, gums, and teeth of upper jaw—a sensory ^ nerve. 'a 77iotor nerve to the muscles of mastication - —se7tsory to the tongue —ibegustatory a special , nerve of taste, f to the external straight muscle of the eye, wliich pulls the eye I outward — a 7/wtor L nerve.