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AXATOMr IX A NUTriHKLL. 



2. The lingual (gustatory) of trifacial is distributed to the anterior two- 

 thirds of the dorsum of tongue and also to sides of tongue. This nerve is one 

 of sensation, Formerly it was thought to be a nerve of taste, whence the name 

 (gustatory,) which it still retains. 



3. The lingual branch of glosso-pharyngeal is especially concerned in gus- 



PLATE CXL. 



FRAENUM LINGUAL 



DUCT. OF RiVINUS 



ANTERIOR BELLr DIGASTRIC 



Showing the Salivary Glands 



tatlon (taste) and is distributed to the posterior one-third of dorsum and sides 

 of tongue. (Plate CXLIII). 



4. The function of the lingual branch of the facial (Chorda-tympani) is 

 still in (p lest ion. Its distribution is about the same as the lingual -branch of the 

 fifth. Some say it is a nerve of taste for the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. 

 Others say that it supplies the Inferior lingualis muscle. Still others say that 



