The Anatomy of a HORSE: 105, 



into \\^tAorta\ for it cannot come back again into the 

 Ear, becaufe of the Valvula Mitraks, 



The Jorta having received the Blood ^^^ j^^^^^ 

 from the Left Ventricle, fends out two fmall 

 Branches, called the Coronarice^ which go the Heart, and 

 then forming a fmall Arch, by which the Force of the 

 Blood is fomewhat abated, in its Expulfion j^^jy-.^y^.i,^ 

 it is divided into the Aorta afcending and de- .^^^ ^^^ p^^^^^ 



fcending. ^ , ,. u- u 



The afcending Trunk climbing up by 7-/^^ Subclavian 

 theWindpipe to the Top of the Breaft, fends Arteries. 

 forth two Branches, call'd the Subclavian, 

 which run under the Channel-bones on each Side. Thefe 

 Ld forth feveral other Branches, both from their upper 

 and under Side ^ from their upper Side fpring thofe Ar e- 

 7L which, in Men, are call'd the CervicaU being partly 

 St^n th^ Mufcles of the Neck and Breaft, and partly on 

 XTGlandula Thyroides. Out of their lower Side proceed 

 the fuperior Intercoftah, which pafling thro the Cheft, 

 fend forth feveral Branches to the Arms in human Bodies, 

 ^y^A fn th° Fore leo-s in Brute Creatures. 

 '%Vi;luSub%vians go off from the ^; C-t.d 

 weat Artery, on each Side there arife two ^'■"'■'"- 

 Ither principal Branches, which afcend upwards toward 

 rh^Hpad and are called xht Carotid KxKxvts: Thefe ars 

 fS n?chlfly on the^Brain, forming there the Re,e Mir.r 

 tkZ Plexus Choroide^, &c. but as they afcend, they 

 deuch feveral Branches to the Windpipe, La,jn,, fome 

 to the Tongue and lower Jaw, and others to the external 

 Paru ofAeHead. By tliefe four principal Branches, to 

 ^^l^Xbdavlan and Cantids, the whole Head and 

 Neck, as alfo the external Parts of the Cheft and Fore- legs, 

 are fupplied with NouriQiment, Mcendhs 



The defcending ^<"W, as it goes down f'JJ"''''"^ 

 towards the Midriff, fends forth the mferior ■"""*• 

 *Cri* and x^lBuuchial Artery which accom^ny 

 the Branches of the Windpipe m 'he Lungs ; and when a 

 arrives at the Midriff, it detaches thofe called the ^*r^- 

 „ TArteres, which are difperfed through the M.drj^ 

 nd MaiZu.. After it has palled f-^S^ t e M.dr,ff 

 it marches downwards as far as the laft Vertebia of the 

 LTnsfbut by the Way fends ofF fevera Branches to he 

 Stomach and other Inteftines, as .the Cahach th^ Spa- 

 nick, and the upper ilf.-^'^'.''-/''i- i after thefe fpnng foih 



