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c. The nasal bone, or bone of the nose. 



d. The tentorium, or bony separation between the cerebrum 



and cerebellum. 

 c. The occipital bone. 



/. The cerebrum, or brain. 



g. The cerebellum, or little brain. 



//. A portion of the medullary, or marrow-like substance of 

 the brain ; and the prolongation of it, which bears 

 the nam.e of the cms cerebri^ or leg of the brain, and 

 from which many of the nerves emanate. 



/, andm. The ligament of the neck, or pack-wax, by which the 

 head is chiefly supported. 



j. The sphenoid, or wedge-like bone, with its cavities. 



k. The cuneiform, or wedge-shaped process, or base of the 

 occipital bone. Between it and the other portion of 

 the occipital bone, a^ lies the great foramen or 

 aperture through which the prolongation of that 

 portion of the brain called the spinal-marrov/ issues 

 from the cranium, and is continued through the 

 spine or back-bone. 



/. The medulla oblongata^ a prolongation of the brain after 

 the marrow-like substance of the cerebrum and cere- 

 bellum have united, and forming the commencement 

 of the spinal marrow. This portion has a ropy 

 appearance. 



n. The point of the atlas bone which sustains or carries the 

 head. 



0. The first bone of the neck. 



/. The dentata, or tooth-shaped bone, the second bone of 

 the vertebral column. 



q. The cartilage covering the entrance into the eustachian 

 tube, or communication between the mouth and 

 internal part of the ear. 



r. The spinal marrow, extending through a canal in the 

 centre of the bones of the neck, back, and loins, to 

 the extremities of the tail, and from which the 

 nerves of feeling and of motion which supply ever}^ 

 part of the frame arise. 

 ^, s. The septiim-iiasi^ or cartilaginous division between the 

 nostrils. 



