ANATOMY OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL 



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FIG. 29. Various anatomical parts of the fowl. 



A. i, The superior semicircular canal. 2, The vestibular nerve. 3, The 

 meatus auditorius internus the entrance of the auditory nerve. 4, The entrance 

 of the cochlear nerve. 5, Posterior semicircular canal. 6, The ampulla. 



B. Side papilla of the tongue. I and 2, Papillae showing a fibrous central core 

 supporting blood-vessels and nerves. 3, The basement membrane consisting of 

 connective tissue. 



G. Herbst's corpuscle of the tongue of a duck, showing the capsule, lamella 

 and around the nerve zone, numerous round bodies arranged in two rows. 



