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icfpuitubapicc vcr*M*extreniani lingua: radicem » copiofifliuia quardam corporal 

 fci i*j cjiiidam dffpofiea , ab extima lingua; fuperiicie (oris enimpwu » fit modtcciu* 

 curvata unanimitcr versus poRcriorem lingux partem inclmationcm » pofitionemque m 

 babent, itJucxinulciiturpeAiDcrncarminatociumj undc fi icvitcr a radicc versus 

 apcaudigimpcttraaeniialinginnii laccrationcm quondam cxcontrcflaiishujuf- 

 imxlicorporibuspcrfcntiainus : Hare autcin corpora cartilaginofainbovcprxcipud 

 videmur cam reftttC liguram , quain in aprino dente, & (imilibus obfervamus , & in 

 parte intcrioreconcaviratcnj cjuandamcxhrTicntprarcipucad radkem. Componun- 

 turdenfa, ^ &: tcnacf mateib hbrofa • qux quad vireulanim aggerics vidctur; undc 

 &inextciioriapicccx attritionc, & continuo ufu mxqualiter in aliquibus promi- 

 nent : Circa lingux latera ita gracilcfcunt, utfcrcoblitcrentur, &mbafieorum 

 loco, mcinbranofacjuxdara corpora locanrur; qu*conum, mox obtufiorcm papil- 

 lamanulantur : Singula cxpofita cornua cxteriori lingua: membrana invefliuntur* 

 ita til avulsa hujnfmodi membrana externum fcrcum rapiacur corouuin involucrtun. In 

 Vilcmm quenmdam lingua eadcui obfervantur , olfca canwn circa extrcmuai apiccm 

 Coptosi dillcminaca ; in medio aurciu t umiatim loantur in gyrum difpofita versus 

 i xtcriorcm partem inclinata , ita ut hiancem , & quart apertum florem cxbibcant. 



An lu-c bourn carrilaginofa corpora incus cava fine , fenfus ncquit ob cxiguiratcm 

 attingcre, in quibufdaiiicxcrcimtas p qua: in niucoTa fubrtantiaimmcrgitur^ con- 

 cava, &nondifliiniliscalamofcriptoriovidcturj conica autem., & obtufaillacor- 

 pora, qiwrcormiumlocoinli^giiarbafilocantur, cvidentcr cava funt , quin&co* 

 riimllibltantiaufqueadmcdictatemiragracilefcic, &dilatatur, ut nan folumdct 

 locum (ubintnum ncrvcxpapillx, fcd<juafidiaplianaevadar. Exaiata cornua erum- 

 |»um* faipotimfirmiterimplantantunn tenaciori quidam lingux tunica , & fub- 

 jefiaraucottt feu ncrvaccafubRantia, iis prxcipuc in focis, ubi inlignes fov«c 

 pan ordine difpofita: obfervantur, ita ut in paitcintenorinoncxiguacorumpoitio 

 emiocat, qui in mucofo quodam corporctcnaciter implanrantur. 



Prasitatahxc membrana totam inveftiens linguam in fuperiori cjufdemareain- 

 f«ta, ftconvolurahabctexaratacormia, & quibus in locisgrandioresinfraexpo* 

 ncndxpapillxforasprotubcrant, attcnuatur, &gtatilefcit, & in minima: cucur* 

 bitnlxhguramexcavatur, cniinentibus in interior! parte arcumdti&is vclutioriiicii 

 labiis; minimi in hoc effbrnutotuberc obfervantur poruli, & meatus, cuiietiam 

 in ceteris lingux partibus , ubi dclinunt ca*tcrx papilla: , probabilircrxeexiftunt f & 

 prxcipuc ad cornuuni radices ' 



HacdetraAa, ungutbufqucavulfa, fefe oflctt glutinofaquxdimfubflantiapcr 

 fupcriorem lingux prxcipux partem c Jttnfa » q«x cradiric n>cdiocri poller , li« al- 

 bacReaportionc, quanefiititrcxaratxiiKmbranx^ fubnigra aittcnii ubipartcm 

 intcrtorem nngit. Pcrmodum mnnbranx , feu cratfioris retis cxtenditur - con- 

 fjijommm foramina finguliscxaratiscomibuscorrcfpondentia habet, inter quxin- 

 n-MiH-MC(tjmm:crufcoprodctegunturcxigui meatus, diverfx iigurx, qui Want ad 

 exumam lingua: fupcriician* undc fi per tranfverfumlaccretur f «I oppolita iuco 

 ^fcopioluftrnur, eviJentcrcmcrgunti&quia, utaccuratus tatimuitus, in 



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