Identifier: 61410640R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873? Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?. First book on anatomy and physiology
Subjects: Hygiene Anatomy Physiological Phenomena
Publisher: Boston : Mussey
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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nerve of taste, and also the sensitive nerve of the teeth. 13, The seventh pair.This passes to the muscles of the face. 14, The eighth pair, or nerve of hearing.1 16 18,19, Theninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth pairs. These pass to the tongue,larynx, ami neck. 20, Two spinal nerves. 381. What is the appearance of the brain when the skull-bones and mem-branes are removed ? What are they called ? 382. Describe the spinalcord. What is the medulla oblongata ? Explain fig. 70. 130 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. 383. The nerves are small, white cords, that pass from thebrain and spinal cord. They are distributed to every part ofthe human system. 384. The cranial nerves, that connect with the base of thebrain, are arranged in twelve pairs. They are generally dis-tributed to the parts about the face. 385. The spinal nerves, that connect with the spinal corc\are arranged in thirty-one pairs, each arising by two roots; ananterior, or motor root; and a posterior, or sensitive root. Fii?. 71.
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Fig. 71. A, The spinal cord, surrounded by its sheath, (E, E.) B, A spinal nerve,formed by the union of the motor root, (C,) and the sensitive root, (D.) At D, theganglion, or knot, upon this root is seen. 386. Every nerve, however small, contains two distinct cordsof nervous matter. One gives feeling, while the other is usedin the motion of the part to which they are distributed. 387. The sympathetic nerve consists of a series ofgangli-a, or knots, extending each side of the spinal column,forming a chain its whole length. It communicates with boththe cranial and spinal nerves, and likewise distributes branchesto all the internal organs. 383. What are nerves ? 384. What is said of the cranial nerves ?385. What is said respecting the spinal nerves ? 386. What does everynerve contain ? Describe fig. 71. 387. Describe the sympathetic nerve. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 131 CHAPTER XXVIII. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 388. The brain is the organ of the mind. To the cerebrum,or l

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