Chap. III. The Anatomy of a HORSE, n 



§. IV. Of the Larynx, 5;;^ Pharynx, iv'ith theTonfih^ Szc, 



Tho* thefe do not properly belong to theCheft, yet as I 

 have already treated of the Gullet and Windpipe, to which 

 the Larynx and Pharynx are united ; and as the on^ has 

 Communication with the lower Venter^ and the other with 

 the Cheft, I have therefore chofe to take Notice of tlofm 

 imder this Bivifion, leaving thofe Parts by whiph they are 

 circumfcribed, to be confidcred with theBoaes and Mufcles. 



The Larynx is compofed of five Cartila- ^. ^ 

 ges or Griftles; the iirft of which is call'd ^''' ^-^"^"^^^ 

 Scutiformis^ becaufe it refembleth a Shield : The next is 

 call'd Annularis^ from its likenefs to the Ring which the 

 Turks wear when they go a iliooting: The third and 

 fourth, becaufe they are joined together under one common 

 Tegument, and refemble an Ewer, are therefore termed 

 Cui tales ; thefe two form the Glottis or little Tongue: 

 The fifth is named the Epiglottis^ becaufe it is placed 

 above the Glottis. The Subftance of this is foft, and m 

 ihapc like an Ivy-leaf, and ferves as Valves to hinder any 

 thing from falling into the Windpipe, 



T'hefe Cartilages are mov'd by feveral ^^^ j^^ 

 Pair of Mufcles, and ferve principally to 

 frame and modulate the Voice in all Creatures, and arc 

 therefore the Initruments of neighing in Horfes« 



The Larynx has two Pair of Glands or Kernels belong- 

 ing to it ; one Pair is placed on its upper Part, and at the 

 Sides of the Uvula, and are called the Ton^ cj^y fonfils 

 fils ; and by fome, in human Bodies, the 

 Almonds of the Ears. Thefe feparate a great deal of 

 the Slaver which comes from a Horfe's Mouth, and ferve 

 to moiften not only the Larynx, to which they chiefly 

 belong, but alfo the Gullet, by which means every thing 

 pafTes down it the more eafily. 



The other Pair are plac'd at the lower End of the 

 Larynx, one on each Side of the dentiform, or Shield-like 

 "Grillle ; thefe in Horfes are very large, and are fwelKd 

 when a Horfe has the Glanders. 



The Top of the Gullet, or Pharyny:, The Pharynx, 

 which is fo call'd from its Office, becaufe it 

 carries and conveys Food from the Mouth towards the 

 Stomach ; is fomewhat more fiefhy than the reft of the 

 Gullet^ being alfo feared in tb^ uppsr Part of the Threat 



