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OPENING THE GUTTURAL POUCHES. 
b y light-yellowish appearance, appears, and is laid forward. The fascia 
of one of the muscles of the neck, now in view, is divided in the direction 
and to the extent of the skin incision. The stylo-maxillaris muscle 
Fig. 65.—Deep tissues in the parotid region ; opening the guttural pouches. 
(Semi-schematic.) 
Atlas ; B, styloid process of the occipital; C, obliquus capitis superior • D tendon of flip 
complexus and lectus capitis posticus major (Percivall’s complexus minor) • F nqmfid 
gland; F, occipito-styloid muscle ; G, post auricular artery ; H, hyoid bone • jj’ extprnnl 
carotid artery; K submaxillary artery; L, digastricus / the rtyloooaxilkris fo™ s "he 
posterior portion of this muscular mass. The dotted line indicates the point where the 
occipito-styloid is usually punctured. 1 tne 
thus exposed is pierced with a pointed bistoury, the back of the 
knife being turned towards the wing of the atlas, and the handle a 
little inclined towards it. In this way the point of the knife enters the 
angle made by the 9th and 10th cerebral nerves with the inner carotid, 
and without injuring these. Through this opening the finger can be 
