The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper.

About this Item

Title: The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper.
Author: Cowper, William, 1666-1709.
Publication: Oxford :: Printed at the Theater for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London,; 1698.
Rights/Permissions: To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms: Human anatomy -- Atlases.; Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34837.0001.001
Cite this Item: "The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34837.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.

Pages

Fig. 3.

The Occipital Bone Separated at its Conjunction from the rest of the Bones of the Cranium.

A, The External Convext Surface of the Occipital-bone, where the Muscles Extending the Head, are Implanted, and Part of the Musculus Cucullaris do's Arise.

B, The First Great Foramen of the Occipital-bone, by which the Medulla Oblongata Descends out of the Cranium into the Great Cavi∣ties of all the Vertebrae.

C C, Two Depress'd Protuberancies of the Occipital-bone, which are receiv'd into the Shallow Cavities of the First Vertebrae of the Neck.

D, Two Depressures Fram'd at the Origin of the Musculi Recti Mi∣••ores of the Head.

E, A Third Foramen Appearing in the Internal Part of the Left Side of the Os Occipitis; by which the Nerve of the Ninth Pair on that Side passes out of the Cranium; that of the Right Side not Ap∣pearing in this Position of the Bone. The Second Foramen of the Os Occipitis, is Fram'd at its Conjunction with the Os Temporum, and Helps to Compose the Specus which receives the Bulbous Part of the Lateral Si?us, at the Beginning of the Internal Jugular Vein.