A prize essay on the anatomy of the tongue, larynx, and pharynx of the ox / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee.

  • Gamgee, Sampson, 1828-1886.
Date:
1850
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Credit: A prize essay on the anatomy of the tongue, larynx, and pharynx of the ox / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The pharyngeal hranch of the pneumogivstric passes downwards and forwards in company with the pharyngeal artery. Between the hyo-pharyngeus (dilator) and constrictor pharyngeus anticus, it enters the pharynx to ramify on its mucous membrane. The glosso-pharyngeus, or eighth cephalic nerve, emerges ap- parently from between the restiform and olivary bodies ; but its fibres may be traced back to a little collection of grey matter in the floor of the fourth ventricle. It issues from the cranium through the foramen lacerum basis cranii, together with the pneumogastric and spinal accessory, and crossing in is passage the internal carotid artery, it gives a loop or anastomosing branch to the pharyngeal division of the sympathetic. After this it takes a course downwards and forwards under the greater cornu of the os hyoides, and sends off filaments to the upper parts of the pharynx. It next crosses over the hyo-pharyn- geus, and proceeds to the base of the tongue, as already described. From the inferior part of the superior cervical ganglion issues a nerve of considerable magnitude, which descends backwards in conjunction with the trunk of the sympathetic and pneumogastric nerves and carotid artery ; it then divides into several ramifications, which supply the four constrictors of the pharynx. Nullum sine laborc natura dedit mortali homini.