Examinations in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, materia medica, chemistry and pharmacy : for the use of students / by Robert Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1814
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Credit: Examinations in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, materia medica, chemistry and pharmacy : for the use of students / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    3« 2.38. Q. What neiTf perforates the stemo~eleido>mastoidtKS muscle ? A. I’he stemo-cleido-mastoideus is pierced about its middle, by the nerviis accessorius. . 239. Q. What plextis of nerves surrounds the axillary artery? A. The brachial plexus. 240. Q. Describe the course of the great sciatic nerve out of the pelvis. A. This nerve is formed from the fourth and fifth lumbar, and three first sacral nerves; it passes betwixt the pjTifonnis and gemini muscles, and escapes from the back part of the pelvis by the sciatic notch. 241. Q. Describe the course of the anterior crural nerve whiU in the pelvis. A. The anterior crural nerve at its origin lies under the ]isoas magnus muscle, &c. and, as it descends, passes betwixt the psoas magnus and iliacus internus, till, having passed under Poupart’s ligament, it emerges from betwixt those muscles, and appears on the outside of the inguinal artery. 242. Q. What forni.s the anterior crural nerve .* A- The three or four superior lumbar nerves. 243. Q. Describe tlie course of the obturator nerve and its origin. A. The obturator nerve is formed by branches of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves; it lies under the inner Imrder of the psoas magnus, descends into the pelvis, and goes ob- liquely downwards, accompanying the obturator artery through the thyroid hole. * 244. Q. What forms the phrenic nerve ? A. The phrenic nerve is formed by the thiitl and fourth cervical; it also receives a filamcut from the second.
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