Supplement to Clinical Brief and Sanitary News. 
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CRANIAL SER71S. 
AS TAUGHT BY PROF. M. L. AMICK, M. D. 
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Copyrighted, 1877. 
CLASSIFIC 
WILLIS. 
1ATION OF 
SCEMMERING. 
NAME. 
HISTORY. 
ORIGIN OF NERYE. 
FORAMEN OF EXIT. 
PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION. 
FUNCTION. 
1st. 
1st. 
OLFACTORY. 
From olfacio, “to smell.” 
Processus Mamillares. 
CEEEBRO-STJPRA-ETHMOIDAL. 
r External or Long Root—Corpus Striatum—Optic Thalamus 
—Anterior Commissure—Island of Eeil. 
! Middle or Gray Root—Caruncula Mammillaris of Anterior 
} Lobe. 
1 Internal or Short Root—Inner and back part of Anterior 
i Lobe—Corpus Callosum—Gyrus Fornicatus. 
CRIBRIFORM PLATE OF ETH- 
MOID BONE. 
MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE NOSE. 
Schneiderian Membrane. 
Special Sense. 
2d. 
2d. 
OPTIC. 
\ 
Opticus; from ottto/icu, “to see.” 
CEREBRO-OCULAR (optic or visual). 
Anterior Root—from Thalamus Opticus. 
Posterior Root—from Corpora Quadrigemina. “Receives fila- 
ments from Corpora Oeniculata, Substantia Perforata Antica. 
Tuber Cineteum and Laminae Terminalis. A few bundles of 
filaments connect it directly with the posterior columns of the 
cord and the gray cortical substance of the brain.” 
OPTIC FORAMEN. 
RETINA OF THE EYE. 
Special Sense. 
3d. 
3d. 
KOVOB 001U» 
Motor Oculi Communis. 
Nervi Motores Oculorum (from moveo, to move). 
(So called because they supply the muscles 
which move the eye.) 
1st. CEEEBRO-OEBITAR. 
Crus Cerebri, “ Locus Niger.” “ Motor Traci in Pons Varolii.” 
SPHENOIDAL FISSURE. 
Foramen Lacerum Anterius. 
Levator Palpebras Superioris, Superior Internal 
and Inferior Recti Muscles and Inferior 
Oblique. 
Atotion. 
4th. 
4th. 
PATBB DU TEDDBM1S. 
Paiheticus; from iradog, “an affection: because 
it is fancifully said that by their influence the 
eyes express the affections or passions of the 
mind.” 
Trochleatores; Tpo%ha, “a pulley.” So called 
because this nerve supplies the trochlearis mus- 
cle, Obliquus superior oculi; Longissimus oculi; 
Obliquus major, of Winslow; Optico-trochlei- 
scleroticien, of Dumas. 
2d. CEEEBEO-OEBITAE. 
Valve of Vieussens. 
SPHENOIDAL FISSURE. 
Foramen Lacerum Anterius. 
Superior Oblique Muscle of Eye. “ Trochlearis 
Muscle.” 
Motion. 
5th. 
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5th. 
TRIFACIAL 
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OR 
TRiG-Rminri. 
t 
i . 
Trifacial, of Chausser; from tres, “three,” 
and facies, ‘theface;” the three divisions being 
distributed to the face. 
Trigemini; from tres, “three,” and geminus, 
“double,” “three fold,” “triplets.” Nerve of 
Mastication and general sensibility of the face. 
Presides over taste in connection with the 
Glosso-Pharyngeal. 
Nervus Tremellus. 
CEREBRO-SUPR A-SPHEN OIDAL. 
i , 
ANTEEIOE OR OPHTHALMIC. 
(1st.—Large or Ophthalmic branch.) Nervus Orbitarius, of 
Winslow; Ophthalmic Nerves, of Willis; Orbito Frontal, 
of Chausser. 
STIPEA-SPHENOIDO-ORBITAR NERVE. 
SPHENOIDAL FISSURE. 
Foramen Lacerum Anterius. 
Eyeball, Lachrymal Gland, Conjunctiva Upper 
Eyelid, Integument and Mucous Membrane 
of the Nose, Integument of Forehead. 
©ensation. 
MIDDLE OE SUPERIOR MAXILLARY. 
\ (2d.—Large or upper Maxillary branch.) 
UPPER-SUPRA-SPHENOIDO-PTERYGO MAXILLARY 
NERVE. 
FORAMEN ROTUNDUM. 
Lower Eyelid, Side of Nose, Upper Lip, Teeth 
and Gums of Upper Jaw, Cheek and Integu- 
ment of Temples and side of Forehead. 
Sensation. 
POSTERIOR OR INFERIOR MAXILLARY. 
(3d.—Large or lower Maxillary branch.) 
LO WER-SUPR A-SPH ENOIDO-PTER YGO-M AXIL- 
LARY NERVE. 
j f Sensory Root (posterior or large) from 
I Lateral Tract of Medulla behind the Olivary Body, 
2 f Motor Root (anterior or small) from 
I Motor Tract in Pons Varolii and Anterior Pyramids. 
FORAMEN OVALE. 
Tongue and Muscles of Mastication, Muscles and 
Integument of lower part of Face and Parotid 
Gland, Teeth and Gums in Lower Jaw, Integ- 
ument and Muscles of External Ear, 
Sensation and Motion. 
6th. 
6 th. 
ABDUCENS. 
Ab, “from,” and ducere, “to draw.” (Abductor 
oculi; Rectus externus oculi; Iracundus ; In- 
dignabundus, from ira, “anger.” So called, 
because it forms the angry look.) 
Motor Oculi Externus. 
3d. CEEEBEO-OEBITAE. 
Gray Nucleus in floor of Fourth Ventricle. Anterior Corpus 
Pyramidale. 
SPHENOIDAL FISSURE. 
Foramen Lacerum Anterius. 
External Rectus Muscle of the Eye. 
, i 
Alotion. 
7 th. ■ 
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7 th. 
FOETIO DURA OR FACIAL. 
Facial, from facies, “the face;” belonging to 
the face; Poriio Dura, the “hard portion,” 
(Nervus communicans faciei; Small sympa- 
thetic nerve.) Nerve of Expression, 
CEEEBEO-TEMPOEI-PAEOTIDEAL. 
/ 
Lateral Tract of Medulla Oblongata between the Olivary and 
Restiform Bodies. 
MEATUS AUDITORTUS INTER- 
NUS, AQUEDUCTUS FALLO- 
PII AND STYLO-MASTOID 
FORAMEN. 
Muscles of the Head and Face, External Ear 
Parotid and Sub-Maxillary Glands, Buccin- 
nator, Stapedius, Laxator Tympani, Tensor 
Tympani, Platysma Myoides, Digastric—Stylo- 
Hyoid, Lingualis, Levator Palati, and Azygos 
Uvulas Muscles. 
Motion. 
8th. 
PO 
511 
MOLLIS 
mm 
From audio, “to hear;” Nervus acousticus, 
the “trueauditory” nerve; Portio Mollis, “soft 
portion.” 
CEREBRO-INTRA-TEMPORAL. 
By several Striae from the side of the Calamus Scriptorius, 
and from a small mass of Gray Substance on the back of the 
Restiform Body. 
“ Auditory Ganglion in the door of Fourth Ventricle.” 
“ Li,nice Transversce in floor of Fourth Ventricle.” 
MEATUS AUD1TORIUS 
INTERNES. 
LABYRINTH OF INTERNAL EAR. 
Forms the Nervous expansion in the Cochlea, Fes- 
tibule, and Semi-circular Canals. 
Special Sense. 
8th. • 
*v. 
9th. 
GLOSSO-PHARYNGEAL. 
From y’kucaa, “the tongue;” and (pdpvyC,, a 
charm or cleft;" also, (pdpvyf, “otto to ipepeiv,” 
because it conveys the food into the stomach. 
Motor nerve of the tongue, principal agent of 
speech and taste. 
CEEEB KO-PH ARYNGI-GLOSS AL. 
By four or five delicate Filaments from the Lateral Tract of 
the Medulla Oblongata, between the Olivary and Restiform 
bodies, and may be traced to a Nucleus of Gray Matter in 
the floor of the Fourth Ventricle, 
JUGULAR FORAMEN. 
Foramen Lacerum Posterius. 
Base of Tongue, Tonsils, Soft Palate and Pharynx. 
Motion and Sensation. 
10 th, 
miMT! OB PAR VAGUM. 
From tvEvyuv, “ the lung;” and yaari/p, “the 
belly.” Par-vagum, from par, “a pair,” and 
vago, ‘to wander;” the “wandering pair.” 
Middle Sympathetic, the nerve of the internal 
sensations of a necessity for respiration in the 
lungs, of hunger, thirst and satiety in the 
stomach. 
Nervus Ambulatorius. 
CEEEBEO-YISCEEAL. 
By ten or twelve Filaments from the Lateral Tract of the 
Medulla Oblongata, between the Olivary and Restiform 
Bodies, and below the Glosso Pharyngeal, and maybe traced 
to a Nucleus of Gray Matter in the floor of the Fourth 
Ventricle. ■ 
JUGULAR FORAMEN. 
Foramen Lacerum Posierius. 
Larynx, Pharynx, Trachea, (Esophagus, Lungs, 
Stomach, Heart, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys, Supra- 
renal Capsules and Small Intestines. 
Motion and Sensation. 
11th. 
SPINAL ACCESSORY 
Nervus accessorius spinalis; Willisii. 
SPIN O-CEREBRO-INFR A-OCCIPIT AL, 
’ Accessory Portion.—By four or five Filaments from the Lat- 
eral Tract of the Cord, below the Roots of the Vagus. 
Spinal Portion.—Lateral Tract of Cord as low down as the 
Sixth Cervical Vertebrae, 
“ Respiratory Tract of Spinal Cord.” 
JUGULAR FORAMEN. 
Foramen Lacerum Posterius. 
Sterno-Cleido-Mastoid and Trapezius Muscle joins 
the Cervical plexus. 
MIotion. 
9 th. 
12th. 
Hypoglossal or Sub-Lingual. 
’Ttto, “under;” yXuaaa, “ the tongue.” (Nervi 
Motores Linguae. Sub-Lingual Nerve. 
CEEEBEO-HTOIDI GLOSSAL. 
Groove between the Pyramidal and Olivary Bodies by ten 
to fifteen Filaments. 
ANTERIOR CONDYLOID 
FORAMEN. 
Muscles of the Tongue, to Depressors of Os 
Hyoides and Larynx. 
Motion. 
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