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THE NERVUS FACIALIS OF THE ALBINO MOUSE 



D. A. RHINEHART 



Anatomical Laboratory of the Medical Department of the University oj Arkansas 



FOURTEEN FIGURES 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 81 



Materials and methods 82 



Motor part of tiie nervus facialis 84 



Sensory part of the nervus facialis 88 



1. Ganglion geniculi 88 



2. Nervus intermedius 89 



Branches of the nervus facialis 94 



1. Nervus petrosus superficialis major 94 



A. Nervus petrosus profundus 95 



B. Nervus canalis pterygoidei 95 



C. Ganglion sphenopalatinum 96 



a. Nervi palatinus posterior et medius 98 



b. Nervi sphenopalatini 99 



c. Nervus palatinus anterior 100 



d. Nervus nasopalatinus 101 



e. Other branches 102 



f . The nerve supply of the palate 102 



2. Nervus stapedius 108 



3. Nervus chorda tympani , 110 



A. The nerve supply of the tongue and the salivary glands ■ Ill 



4. Ramus cutaneus facialis and the anastomosis with the ramus auricularis 



vagi 116 



5. Nervus auricularis posterior and the nerves to the stylohyoid and 



digastric muscles 121 



Summary and conclusions 122 



Bibliography 124 



INTRODUCTION 



Almost all anatomical researches on the nervus facialis of man 

 and larger mammals have been done on material which has been 

 removed from the interior of the temporal-bone, a procedure 

 which results in the destruction of important relations and only 



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