The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)Warburton, Cecil
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)
Warburton, Cecil
Animals
The heart (16) surrounded by the pericardial sinus lies above the
intestine. The pericardium is shown between the heart and the
intestine. The ostia (17) of the heart and the origins of the four
lateral arteries (19) are indicated; the frontal artery (13) and the
aortic arches (14) curving down to the brain, arise from the
anterior end of the heart; the superior abdominal artery and the
opening of the collateral artery into it are shown.
The brain surrounding the oesophagus is seen in side view upon the
neural side of the endosternite (34). The ventral cord (35) passes
through the occipital ring into the abdominal region. The anterior
commissure (3), with the three rostral nerves (2) innervating the
rostrum, or labrum, and four of the post-oral commissures, are
represented.
The cheliceral nerve with the small external pedal branch is shown
entire, but the next five neural nerves are cut off. The chilarial
nerve, the opercular nerve, and the five branchial nerves, enter
their respective appendages, the two former passing through the
occipital ring.
From the fore-brain the three olfactory nerves (5) pass anteriorly to
the olfactory organ; the median eye-nerve (10) passes to the right
of the proventriculus (12) to the median eyes (11); the lateral
eye-nerve (7) passes forward and is represented as cut off opposite
the proventriculus. The lateral nerve (9) or first haemal nerve is
also cut off just beyond the point where it fuses with the second
haemal nerve (8). The stomodaeal nerve (6) ramifies over the
oesophagus and proventriculus.
The second haemal nerve (8) passes to the anterior extremity of the
carapace; its haemal branch is cut off opposite the proventriculus.
An intestinal branch arises from near its base and disappears behind
the anterior cornu of the endosternite.
The next three haemal nerves (36) are cut off close to the brain, and
the following nine haemal nerves are cut off beyond the cardiac
branches. The fifteenth haemal nerve (29) is cut off beyond its
branch to the telson muscles. Both branches of the haemal nerve are
represented extending into the telson (25).
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