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T A B L E XXV.
J N tliis tabic fome of the branches of the nerves of the teeth
and gums of a child, after bij-th, are delineated, after cutting
off the outer part and bafe of the lower jaw-bone.
A The fécond molaiis, or backinoft temporary tooths
B The tllii-J molaris, which is not flied, but becomes the middlemoft of
the five molares of the adult.
C The back part of the trunk of the proper inferior maxillary nerve.
D The fore part of-the fame nerve.
E Several fmall nerves which run upwards, behind the third molaris, and
are fpent in the gums.
F Two fmall nerves which form a plc.xus, and fend numerous minute fibres
G, into the membrane of the pulp, which fills the fliell of the third
molaris.
H A few fibres from thefe nerves pafs from the membrane of the pulp alongfl
the outfide of the tooth, and are loft in the gum.
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