The exterior of the horse . I IRREGULARITIES OF THE DENTAL APPARATUS. 741 superior jaw to the corresponding mandible of the parrot or thecrow. The teeth, in this case, not only have acquired an excessive length,which may reach ten centimetres, but they are greatly curved forwardand down^vard, while their posterior face is cut by a sharp bevel fromthe friction of the inferior incisors. The latter are generally shorter than in a normal state, and the parrot beak is formed almost regularly by the pincers and the inter-mediates on both sides of the arcade, the corners participating muchless in thi
The exterior of the horse . I IRREGULARITIES OF THE DENTAL APPARATUS. 741 superior jaw to the corresponding mandible of the parrot or thecrow. The teeth, in this case, not only have acquired an excessive length,which may reach ten centimetres, but they are greatly curved forwardand down^vard, while their posterior face is cut by a sharp bevel fromthe friction of the inferior incisors. The latter are generally shorter than in a normal state, and the parrot beak is formed almost regularly by the pincers and the inter-mediates on both sides of the arcade, the corners participating muchless in this respect than their neighbors. Nevertheless, it may happen,as is seen in the jaw represented in the figure, that the irregularityis more marked on one side than on the other. In this case, the in-ferior teeth, which do not correspond to the projection formed by thesuperior, are longer than in ordinary conditions. In certain horses five years of age, the superior jaw overlaps, for afew millimetres, the inferior, while behin
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