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and ending at a small opening at a considerable 

 distance within the head. They stand in the 

 engraving nearly as they do in the right ear of 

 a person, with the malleus outward, and the 

 stapes inward towards the brain. 



BONE OF THE THROAT. It is proper to 

 mention, in this connection, that there is a 

 curious little bone inside of the neck, near the 

 root of the tongue, called the hyoides, or os 

 hyoides. This little member has been sup- 

 posed to resemble the Greek letter v, but it 

 appears to resemble our own letter u nearly 

 as much. You will examine it for yourselves. 



This bone has something to do with keeping 

 in their proper places the parts of the body 

 which are concerned in speaking, chewing, 

 swallowing, &c. 



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