The left ramus of the mandible and structures connected with it have
been removed. _a_, _a_, Stumps of stylo-glossus; _b_, genio-glossus;
_c_, genio-hyoideus; _d_, omo-hyoideus; _e_, kerato-hyoideus; _f_,
thyro-hyoideus; _g_, thyro-pharyngeus; _h_, crico-thyroideus; _i_,
sterno-thyroideus; _k_, thyroid gland; _m_, crico-pharyngeus; _n_,
palatinus and palato-pharyngeus; _o_, pterygoideus externus; _p_,
tensor palati; _q_, levator palati; _r_, temporalis; _s_, rectus
cap. ant. major; _t_, obliquus cap. ant.; _u_, guttural pouch; _v_,
great cornu of hyoid bone, posterior extremity of which is removed
and indicated by dotted line; _w_, position of small cornu, dotted
line; _x_, thyroid cornu; _y_, tongue; _z_, anterior pillar of soft
palate; _1_, superficial temporal nerve; _2_, chorda tympani; _3_,
stump of inferior alveolar nerve; _4_, _4_, lingual nerve,
intermediate part removed; _5_, deep temporal nerve; _6_, masseteric
nerve; _7_, buccinator nerve; _8_, great palatine nerve; _9_,
infraorbital nerve; _10_, sphenopalatine and posterior nasal nerves;
_11_, spinal accessory nerve; _12_, vagus; _13_, pharyngeal branch
of vagus; _14_, superior laryngeal nerve; _15_, vago-sympathetic
trunk; _16_, sympathetic, with superior cervical ganglion a little
further back; _17_, glosso-pharyngeal nerve; _18_, pharyngeal and
_19_, lingual branches of glosso-pharyngeal; _20_, hypoglossal
nerve; _21_, left recurrent nerve; _22_, common carotid artery;
_23_, parotid branch; _24_, thyro-laryngeal artery; _24′_, laryngeal
artery; _25_, occipital artery; _26_, internal carotid artery; _27_,
external carotid artery; _28_, _30_, external maxillary artery;
_29_, pharyngeal artery; _31_, lingual artery; _32_, internal
maxillary artery; _33_, stump of inferior alveolar artery; _34_,
middle meningeal artery; _35_, deep temporal artery; _36_,
buccinator artery; _37_, palatine artery; _38_, end of internal
maxillary artery; _39_, right external maxillary artery; _40_,
satellite vein of _39_; _41_, right parotid duct; _42_, submaxillary
lymph glands; _43_, pharyngeal lymph glands; _44_, trachea; _45_,
wing of atlas; _46_, dotted line indicating outline of submaxillary
gland; _47_, lacrimal gland. (After Ellenberger-Baum, Top. Anat. d.
Pferdes.)
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The pulse may usually be felt in this artery as it passes below the
articulation of the jaw.