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region. There is a very slight inclination ventrad, and an equally 

 slight one laterad, as far as the Ungual crossing. Here the direction 

 changes by a rounded curve, ventrad, laterad, and caudad, into the 

 mesenchyme which incloses their sprouts. The Bartholinian duct is 



Fig. 146. Frontal section of the oral ^a^ii> passing through the suljiiiaxiiiary 

 ganglion of a iq millimeter embryo. Columbia Collection, No. 249. Left side, 

 X 115, reduced to J. 



Geniohyoid muscle. 

 Inferior maxilla. 

 Meckel's cartilage. 

 Tuberosity of maxilla. 

 Palate process. 



Postgenial mesenchymal con- 

 densation. 

 Inferior dental nerve. 

 Facial vein. 

 Deep facial vein. 



lateral as far as the lingual crossing, as was to be expected from the 



•position of its keel, but it is also dorsal, and tends to interpose itself 



between the submaxillary duct and the oral epithelium ; this is in part 



