The exterior of the horse . s, the descriptions of the inferior molars will beas concise as possible. These teeth, as we already know, of the same numberas in the superior jaw, are also designated by numbers. They have the same general form, but are less voluminous and, jjarticularly,less thick in their transverse diameter. Faces.—The anterior and posterior faces, almost plane, ])resent nothingparticular. The anterior face of the first and the posterior foce of the sixth arereplaced by a slightly-thickened border. The external face, E (Fig. 299), is traversed by a longitudinal groove in thefir
The exterior of the horse . s, the descriptions of the inferior molars will beas concise as possible. These teeth, as we already know, of the same numberas in the superior jaw, are also designated by numbers. They have the same general form, but are less voluminous and, jjarticularly,less thick in their transverse diameter. Faces.—The anterior and posterior faces, almost plane, ])resent nothingparticular. The anterior face of the first and the posterior foce of the sixth arereplaced by a slightly-thickened border. The external face, E (Fig. 299), is traversed by a longitudinal groove in thefirst five; the sixth has two grooves on this face. All are limited in front andbehind by a more or less rounded ridge. > In old horses we have seen the inferior maxillary sinus extend beyond the root of the second molar. 630 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. On the iyitemal face, I, the grooves are more numerous: in the first andsixth three are observed ; in the other molars several grooves of variable lengthand depth are Inferior molar of the secoaddentition.(Left side. Virgin tooth.)/. Internal face. I E, I. Surface of friction.
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