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DR. C. F, SONNTAG ON THE VAGUS AND 



two branches (/./') and the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (e) 

 sends a twig. No sympathetic filaments run directly to the 

 plexus on either side. 



Genetta felina (text-fig. 7 A) : — The left vagus and its recurrent 

 laryngeal branch send each a branch to the plexus, and the 

 former bifurcates {f). The right vagus sends two large cords (f), 



Text-figure 12. 



l,.-'C.G. 



Abdominal parts of the vagus and sj'mpathetic nerves in Felis hengalensis 

 C.G : coeliac ganglia ; D.C : dorsal cord of the vagi ; D.P : duodenal plexus; 

 G.P : gastric plexus ; H.P : hepatic plexus ; L.R.P. and R.R.P : left and 

 right renal plexuses ; P.N : left phrenic nerve ; P.P : phrenic plexus ; 

 S.M.P: superior mesenteric plexus ; S.N: splanchnic nerve; S.P : splenic 

 plexus ; V.C : ventral cord of the vagi. 



which both divide before reaching the plexus. No separate 

 sympathetic filaments run to it on either side. 



In Givettictis civetta (text-fig. 7 B) the plexus is formed by a 

 branch from each vagus (/./') and a brush work of fibres from the 

 left nerve. Filaments from the left inferior cervical sympathetic 



