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packed side by side into the cavity of the bud. Each of 

 these cells is long and very thin, with a large nucleus at 

 its middle point, and each cell has at its outer end a 



Fig. 113.- 



-The Mouth widely opened to show the Tonotje and 

 Palate. 



Uv the uvula ; Tn. the tonsil between the aiitenor and posterior pillars 

 of the fauces • C v, circuinvallate papillae ; F.p, fungiform papill*. The 

 minute fiUfoi-inpapilte cover the interspaces between these On the 

 right side the tongue is partially dissected to show the course of the fila- 

 ments of the glossopharyngeal nerve, VIII. 



delicate process, like a stiff cilium (but not vibratile), 

 which projects through the open mouth of the bud. 



The papillse are very vascular, and they receive nervous 

 filaments from two sources, the one the nerve called 



