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Identifier: b20416039_001 Title: On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] Year: 1866 (1860s) Authors: Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative Vertebrates Fishes Reptiles Mammals Birds Publisher: London : Longmans, Green Contributing Library: Wellcome Library Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library
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Text Appearing After Image: Magnified section of incisor, Horse ;c cement, d dentine, e enamel, v. DENTAL TISSUES. 361 237 hardening salts of the enamel are not only present in far greaterproportion than in the other dental tissues ; but, in some animals,are peculiarly distinguished by the presence of fluate of lime. Teeth vary in number, size, form, structure, modifications oftissue, position, and mode of attach-ment, in different animals. Theyare principally adapted for seizing,tearing, dividing, pounding, or grind-ing the food; in some they aremodified to serve as weapons ofoffence and defence; in others, asaids in locomotion, means of anchor-age, instruments for uprooting orcutting down trees, or for transportand working of building materials ;they are characteristic of age andsex; and in man they have secondary relations subservient tobeauty and to speech. Teeth are always most intimately related to the food and habitsof the animal, and are therefore highly interesting to the physiol-ogist. They form for th
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