The exterior of the horse . e than at its bot-tom, and partially filled with cement, e, according to the subjects (see Structure ofthe Teeth), it is curved upon itself in its length, which draws its summit towardsthe posterior face of the tooth. According to Girard, whose remarks we have consulted, in horses six yearsof age the external dental cavity of the inferior pincers has a depth of m. ; that of the intermediates, m. ; and that of the corners, m. In the superior jaw its depth in the pincers is to m. ; in theintermediates, to m. ;
The exterior of the horse . e than at its bot-tom, and partially filled with cement, e, according to the subjects (see Structure ofthe Teeth), it is curved upon itself in its length, which draws its summit towardsthe posterior face of the tooth. According to Girard, whose remarks we have consulted, in horses six yearsof age the external dental cavity of the inferior pincers has a depth of m. ; that of the intermediates, m. ; and that of the corners, m. In the superior jaw its depth in the pincers is to m. ; in theintermediates, to m. ; in the corners, to m. 604 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. Whence it follows that the external dental cavity is deeper, all things being //equal, in the superior incisors, and that, in each jaw, its depth is greatest in the jintermediates. It may also be added, as a differential characteristic relative to ithis cavity, that this part of the tooth extends closer to the posterior face of theincisors of the inferior
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