LEPUS. 



391 



A description of the nerves cannot be entered into 

 here, but a few of the more important are to be seen in the 

 neck. (Plate XIII.) In this region we have already noticed 

 the carotid arteries, the internal and external jugular veins, 

 the oesophagus, trachea and phrenic veins. Just internal to 

 the phrenic nerve and close beside the carotid artery runs 



Fig. 279. — Rabbit's Brain. 



A, Dorsal View. 



— Olfactory Lobe. 



(fr 



Position of 

 Corpus Callosum . 



Pineal Body. - 



. Cerebral 



Hemisphere. 

 ^ Corpora 



Quadrigemina. 



0):^ Flocculus of 

 i/ Cerebellum. 



Cerebellum. ^ 



- .Medulla Oblongata. 



Olfactory Lobe. 



Cerebrum. - 

 Crura Cerebri— 



\ — Infundibulum. 



Hind-Bram ^■\ \ 



Medulla > \ J^ >> / "-^ 



Oblongata. / ^j,^ 



B, Ventral View. 



the vagus (or tenth cranial), k has a slight ganglionic 

 swelling, just opposite the larynx, and here gives off two 

 branches — the anterior laryngeal^ which runs into the larynx, 

 and the depressor^ which is a long delicate nerve running 

 backwards to the heart dorsally to the carotid. The vagus 

 is continued backwards into the thoracic cavity and along 

 the^ oesophagus to the stomach. It gives off the recurrent 



