300 ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY. [CHAP. 



large terminal ganglion is present, in relation 

 the integument investing its free end. 



The visual organ is perceptible as a minute 

 black spot, lying to the outer side and a little 

 front of the ganglion. A delicate optic nerve c 

 be traced back from it to the tentacular nerve7 

 which it enters a short distance behind the abov 

 named ganglion. 



2. Remove the eye together with a small portion of its 

 related integument, and examine in water under a 

 low power. Note — 



a. The choroid; a pigmented investment for the eyd(j 

 under cover of which the optic nerve passes to 

 reach the retina. 



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h. The crystalline lens; seen to project freely beyond 

 a. in front. It lies under cover of a delicate 

 cornea. ^^ 



The auditory organ. Pin one half of the nerve-collaiP 

 down under water, and, having dissected off th| 

 superficial stratum of its sheath, examine with a le 

 Note— 



a. The auditory nerve ; a delicate undulating trunk, 

 lying in the interspace between the cerebro-pedal 

 and cerebro-splanchnic commissures. Follow it 

 up — it arises from the supra-cesophageal ganglion. 

 Below, it enters the otic vesicle^ now seen as 

 a minute white speck, overlying the point of 

 apposition of the pedal and parieto-splanchnic 

 ganglia. 



h. The otic vesicle. Remove this, together with a 

 small portion of its surrounding tissues, and 



