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inner face of the palato-quadrate and in front of the spiracular 

 cleft, just in front of the point of articulation of the mandible 

 it turns inward in the mucosa of the pharynx to the point 

 where the hyoid and mandibular arches separate. Here the 

 nerve breaks up. Most of the fibers appear to run forward 



dorsal lateralis root 

 nentral lateralis root 



Fig. a. Dissection of the facial nerve of the sand shark, Carcharias littor- 

 alis, Mitchill, frona above. Natural size. 



