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 Part. VI. A N A T O M Y. tympani. e, Membrana tympani. f. The B, The two tables and intermediate diploe. B B, The chorda two hemifpheres of the cerebrum. C C, The inci- Eultachian tube, g, Its mouth, from the fauces. fure made by the falx. D, Part of the tentorium Fig. 9. Reprefents the anterior part of the right excerebello fuper e&panfum. E, Part of the falx, ternal ear, the cavity of the tympanum—its fmaU which is fixed to the crifta galli. bones, cochlea, and femi-circular canals. Fig. 7. Reprefents the parts of the external ear, a. The malleus, b, Incus with its long leg, refting upwith the parotid gland and its dudl. on the ftapes. c, Membrana tympani. d, e. The tube, covered by part of—f f. The mufa a, The helix, b, The anthelix. c, The antitragus, Euftaehian culus circumflexus palati. i, 2, 3, The three femid, The tragus, e, The lobe of the ear. f. The circular canals. 4, The veftible. 5, The cochlea. cavitas innominata. g, The fcapha. h, The concha, 6, The portio mollis of the feventh pair of nerves. i i, The parotid gland, k, A lymphatic gland, which is often found before the tragus. 1, The dud of the Fig. 10. Shews the mufcles which compofe the flefhy parotid gland, m, Its opening into the mouth. fubftance of the tongue. The tip of the tongue, with fome of the papillae Fig. 8. A view of the pofterior part of the external a a,minimae. b. root of the tongue. c, Part of ear, meatus auditorius, tympanum, with its fmall the membraneThe of the tongue, which covered the epibones, and Euftachian tube of the right fide. glottis. d d, Part of the mufculus hyo-gloffus. ej The a, The back part of the meatus, with the fmall ceru- lingualis. f, Genio-gloifus. g g. Part of the ftylominous glands, b. The incus, c. Malleus, d. The gloffus.

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A N C ANATOMY is alfo ufed, in a lefs proper fenfe, for the analyfing.of compound bodies. See Analysis. Anatomy, in feme old flatutes, is ufed to denote the fubjed to be anatomized. Anatomy, an a figurative fenfe, is fipmetimes ufed for a ftrid examination of an affair, difcourfe, or performance. Anatomy of plants. See Agriculture, Part I. ANATORIA, a fmall city of Greece, upon the river Afopa, five miles from the ftraits of Negropont. ANATRON, Natron, or Natrum, in natural hiftory. See Natrum. AN AUDI A, a term ufed by fome writers to denote dumbnefs, or the want of the ufe of fpeech. ANAXAGORIA, in Grecian hiftory, an anniverfary feftiyal, kept, in honour of Anaxagoras, by the people of Lampfacus. ANAXIMANDRIANS, in the hiftory of philofophy, the followers of Anaximander; the moft ancient of the philofophical atheift's, who admitted of no other fubftance in nature but matter. ANAZZO, a town in the province of Barri, in the kingdom of Naples. ANBAR, a city of Afia, fituated upon the Euphrates, twenty leagues from Bagdat. It is called by the natives Hafchemiah. ANBURY,‘among farriers. See Ambury. ANCAMARES, a people of S. America, along the river Madeira, which afterwards falls iato the river of the Amazons. ANCARANO, a fmall city of the ecclefiaftical ftate, in the marquifate of Ancona. ANCASTER, a town of Lincolnlhire, near Lincoln, W. long. 30'. N. lat. 520 50'.

A N C ANCENIS, a town of Fiance, in the province of Britanny, W. long. i° 9'. N. lat. 47° 20. ANCESTORS, thofe from whom a perfon is defcended in a {freight line. ANCESTREL, in law, fomething that relates to* or has been done by one’s anceftors. ANCHIALUS, a city of Thrace, upon the Euxine fea, by the l urks called Kipkis, and by the Greeks Anchio. ANCHILOPS, in medicine, a fmall tumor in the great angle of the eye, frequently degenerating into an abcefs or fiftula lachrymalis. ANCHIO, in geography. See Anchialus. ANCHOR, in maritime affairs, an extremely ufeful inftrument, ferving to retain a {hip in its place. It is a very large and heavy iron inftrument, with a double hook at one end, and a ring^at the other, by which it is faftened to a cable. It is caft into the bottom of the fea, or rivers; when, taking its hold, it keeps fliips from being drawn away by the wind, tide, or currents. The parts of an anchor are, 1. The ring to which the cable is faftened. 2. The beam or {hank, which is the longeft part of the anchor. 3. The arm, which is that which runs into the ground. 4. The flouke or fluke, by fome called the palm, the broad and peaked part, with its barbs, Kke the head of an arrow, which faftens'into the ground. 5. The ftock, a piece of wood faftened to the beam near the ring, ferving to guide the fluke, fo that it may fall right and fix in the ground. There are feveral kinds of anchors : 1. The flieetanchor, which is the largeft, and is never ufed but in violent ftorms, to hinder the fttip from being driven a-fhore.