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17 Cards in this Set
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Dog number |
42 |
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Cow |
32 |
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Brachydont |
Smaller and low crowned, soft feed eg. Dog, Pig |
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Hypsodont |
Large crown for wear and tear, fibrous diet eg. Horse, ruminant cheek teeth, pig tusks, rabbits |
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Incisor functions |
Adapted for grasping, pinching, scratching, nipping |
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Canines |
Weapons for tearing flesh during hunting/fighting |
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Premolars |
Rostral cheek teeth crush food, are deciduous, sometimes rounded for crushing and grinding |
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Molars |
Flattened, triangular with jagged edges, grind food, not deciduous |
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Vestibular teeth surface |
Surface touching lips or cheek |
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Lingual |
Bottom teeth touching tongue |
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Distal |
Surface of incisors away from middle, caudal |
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Mesial |
Surface of incisors at medial plane |
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Pig |
44 |
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Diastema |
Gap |
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Dental pad |
Thick stratum corneum and papillae of developed tissue |
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Infundibulum |
Funnel, horses and ruminants, looks dark in teeth as food packs inside and blackens and decays, does not connect with pulp cavity |
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Rabbits/lagomorphs |
Incisors and cheek teeth hypsodont. Elodont= open route constantly growing |
