. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. GENERAL AND LATERAL VIEW OF THE DOS'S TEETH. portion by a well-defined neck, is solidly encased in a deep alveolus. Its internal cavity is very promptly obliterated. .,,,,, . „ _e j. i, j- " When the tooth is submitted to wear, the middle lobe is the first to disappear; so that it no longer resembles a trefoil (fig. 167). , , i, j., „„t "The caducous incisors are much smaller and more pointed than the permanent ones; yet, like them, they show lateral lobes. At the period of their eruption these teeth are somew
. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. GENERAL AND LATERAL VIEW OF THE DOS'S TEETH. portion by a well-defined neck, is solidly encased in a deep alveolus. Its internal cavity is very promptly obliterated. .,,,,, . „ _e j. i, j- " When the tooth is submitted to wear, the middle lobe is the first to disappear; so that it no longer resembles a trefoil (fig. 167). , , i, j., „„t "The caducous incisors are much smaller and more pointed than the permanent ones; yet, like them, they show lateral lobes. At the period of their eruption these teeth are somewhat widely apart. "The fangs, or canine teeth, two in each jaw, are very strong, elongated organs, conical in form, curved backwards and outwards, and placed immediately after the incisors. "The upper fangs are the thickest, and have a small space between them and the comer incisors, in which the inferior canines are lodged. " These teeth are deciduous, like the mcisors, and are distinguished from the replacing ones by itheir being thinner and more elongated. "They are worn more or less quickly, ac- cording to the kind of food the aiiunal obtains, and are sometimes broken in fighting. "The molars are distributed m the two jaws, twelve being fixed in the upper and four- '^lZt^\r^s:LJ^^l.^'\ot^^Ve:ir tearing animal food. The strongest in™ Sw il, for the upper, the first bLk-molax or fourth m the row, and m the lower, the fifth. All in front of these are ANTERIOR VIEW OP THE INCISORS AND CANINE TEETH IN A YEAR-OLD Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chauveau, A. (Auguste), 1827-1917; Arloing, S. (Saturnin), 1846-1911; Fleming, George, 1833-1901. tr. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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