The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized wherein all parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly described, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by a Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.

CHAP. XVI.

Of the Nerves of the Vertebrae of the Loins.

ALthough there be but four lateral holes in the vertebrae of the Loins; yet there are five pair of Nerves. The fore branches being

greater go to the Muscles of the Belly: The hin∣der to those which rest upon the Vertebrae. The formore are joined together, the first with the second, the second with the third, the third with the fourth, and the fourth with the fifth, as the two last of the Neck and two first of the Breast were.

The first cometh out of the lateral hole between the last vertebra of the Breast, and the first of the Loins. The fore branch is bestowed upon the fleshy part of the Midriff, especially its two pro∣cesses, and on the Muscle Psoas. This Nerve be∣ing compressed by a Stone in the Kidney, there is caused a numbness in the Thigh of the same side. It sendeth also a twig along with the Arteria prae∣parans to the Stone, according to Spigelius. From whence it is partly, that too immoderate Venery causeth a weakness in the Loins. The hinder is be∣stowed upon the Musculus longissimus of the Back, Sacrolumbus, &c.

The second cometh out between the first and second vertebrae of the Loins, under the Muscle Psoas, which is the first of those that bend the Thigh. The formore branch is bestowed upon the second Muscle of the benders of the Thigh that fills up the cavity of Os Ileum, and on the Muscu∣lus fascialis and the Skin of the Thigh. The hin∣der is bestowed upon the Musculi glutaei, and the membranous Muscle which stretcheth out the Leg. That twig which from this pair joineth with the Intercostal, goeth to the Testis of its own side (according to Vesalius, &c.

The third marcheth out between the second and third Vertebrae, under the Psoas also. The formore sendeth one twig to the Knee and Skin

thereof, and another which doth accompany the Saphoena. The hinder turneth back, and is be∣stowed upon the Muscles which rest upon the Loins.

The fourth being the largest of the Muscles of the Loins, marching under the Psoas and Os pubis, doth accompany the Vein and Artery which pass to the Leg.

The fifth cometh out between the fourth and fifth Vertebrae. Its fore branch passeth through the hole that is between the bones of the Coxen∣dix, Pubes and Ileum, and is bestowed upon the Obturatores musculi of the Thigh, the Muscles of the Penis, and on the neck of the Bladder, and of the Womb. The hinder is bestowed upon the Muscles and Skin which are above the Vertebrae.

Notes

• Five of the Loins.
• The first pair.
• The second.
• The third.
• The fourth.
• The fifth.