Class-book of physiology : for the use of schools and families : comprising the structure and functions of the organs of man, illustrated by comparative reference to those of inferior animals . Teeth of HerbivorousAnimal. projecting ridges, which are admi-rably adapted to the grinding actionof the tooth. {Fig. 26.) 149. The particular form of the ^-26teeth of any animal correspondswith the nature of the food on which that animal those which live entirely on animal flesh, the molarteeth are so compressed as to form cutting edges, whichwork against each other like a pair of shears. {
Class-book of physiology : for the use of schools and families : comprising the structure and functions of the organs of man, illustrated by comparative reference to those of inferior animals . Teeth of HerbivorousAnimal. projecting ridges, which are admi-rably adapted to the grinding actionof the tooth. {Fig. 26.) 149. The particular form of the ^-26teeth of any animal correspondswith the nature of the food on which that animal those which live entirely on animal flesh, the molarteeth are so compressed as to form cutting edges, whichwork against each other like a pair of shears. {Fig. 27.)In animals which live on insects, the molar teeth areraised into conical points, which lock into correspondingdepressions in the teeth of the opposite jaw, {Fig. 28.).
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