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branch of ‘it alfo runs to theeary and, joining‘ with a’ branch of the feventh pair, 
forms the chorda tympani, ‘The third branch may be called the maxillaris inferior, 
‘as being diftributed over the feveral: parts of the lower jaw, thé tongue, and other 
parts of the mouth 5 whence the whole pair of nerves has obtained the name of par 
. gufatorinm 5 though a great part of them ferves to. very different: purpofes, and is 
catriedto!parts that have nothihg'to do with rafting!” 6, "Phe abducent | pait, & g, 
except a branch for the formation of the intercoftal nerve, is wholly catried t6 the 
abducent mufcle of theeye, whence its name. The intercoftal nérve (fig. rand 
2)¢7i, 11, m, &c. is formed-either of ramifications of the ‘two preceding nerves, 
‘or only of thofe “of the fixth pair. It makes its way out’ ‘of the cranium by the 
paffage of the internal carotid, and'defcends near the eighth pair through the neck , 
‘and thence through’ the breaft and@abdomen, evento the pelvis; and, in its "way,, 
makes various plexufes and ganglia, ‘and fends branches to almoft all the parts ‘con- 
tained in the breaft and abdomen. | 7. The raditory pair, b b, arife with twotrunks, 
othe one of which isealled the portio dura, or hard portion; thesotherthe portio 
amollis, or foft ‘portions ‘Dhis olaft enters the foramen of ‘the’ o$ petfofum, and 
“thence through various little apertures gets into the labyrinth of tlie ear, where it is 
expanded over “all its parts, and confticutes the primary organ’ ef hearing. The 
harder portion; paffing the aqueedu& of Fallopius, fends back ‘ene branch’ into''the 
cavity of the cranium; it alfo fends off another branch, which helps. to. formthe 
chorda- tympani x and others to the ‘mascles.of the tympanum, The reft of this 
pair goes tothe external ear; the.pericranium, the muicles ‘of the os: hyoides,.the 
lips, the eye-lidsyand the,parotids. .8., The par-vagum, 4. &,..with the.,accaffarius 
of WdlUnpneds apka neat the lateral finules of the dura mater; end, defcending 
eck.and,thorax.to the abdomen, fend out branches by.the way. £0 the 
x, {the the -heart,. the lungs, and efpecially 10, theftomach, [rt alfo 
hate ss thempper part of the thorax large branches, which are varioufly im- 
plicated inthe-neck, thorax, and abdomen, with the liaguals, thercervicals,and'the 
intereottals,  9.\‘Fhelingual-pair go immediately to the.tongue, and are called by _ 
feme the motor pasreesbinhe me bei by ote sata + Seapine 
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_ Writers have called the tenth pair of the head, are, for many unan{werable oa 
to be properly called the firft pair of nerves of the neck. Of the nerves which. 
arife from the fpinalymarrow there are properly sthirty-two pair. T hofeof: thie Sa 
neckiare no lef than eight pair; and from them there are innumerable ranches 
Ailtribured sheoogh, the mufcles of the head, the neck, the fcapula, and ele. 
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