Chap. VII.] 



THE FACE. 



From the disposition of the fascia it follows that very 

 great resistance is offered to the progress of a parotid 



Fig 1 . 13. A Horizontal Section through the Pace and Neck just above 

 the level of the Lower Teeth (Braune). 



a, Orbicularig oris and, behind it, the buccinator ; b, internal pterygoid ; e, mas- 

 setcr ; d, stylo-glossus, stylo-pbarynjreus, and styloid process; e., splenius 

 rapitis;/, digastric; g, sterno-nmstoid ; ft, obliquus superior; i, trachclo- 

 mastoid ; ), biventer cervicisand roruplexus ; t, trapezius; {.tonsil; m, facial 

 artery ; n, facial vein ; o, gustatorj' nerve ; j>, inferior dental nerve and artery ; 



0, styloid process ; r, external carotid artery ; , internal carotid artery : 



1, vagus ; tr, parotid gland ; x, internal jugular vein, with the vagus, spinal 

 accessory, and hypo-glossal nerves to us inner side ; v, vertebral artery : 

 , odontoid process; 1, occipital artery. 



