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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: TEETH OE REPTILES. 395 extending along the palatines and pterygoids. The genus Oli-godon appears to form the sole exception to this rule. In theDryinus nasutus, a few small teeth are present on the ecto-pterygoid as well as on the pterygoid. In Dryophis, Dipsas, and Bucephalus, in which the maxillaryteeth increase in size towards the posterior part of the bone, thelarge terminal teeth of the series are traversed along their anteriorand convex side by a longitudinal groove. In the Bucephaluscapensis, the two or three posterior maxillary teeth present thisstructure, and are much larger than the anterior teeth, or those ofthe palatine and premandibular series. They add materially,therefore, to the power of retaining the prey, and may conduct intothe wounds which they inflict an acrid saliva; but they are notin connection with the duct of an express poison-gland. Thelong grooved fangs are either firmly fixed to the maxillary bones,or are slightly moveable, according to their period of gro
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