dentary
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of dentary
1820–30; < Latin dentārius of the teeth, equivalent to dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth + -ārius -ary
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The lower jaw of mammals consists of only one bone, the dentary.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In mammals, the dentary bone joins the skull at the squamosal bone, while in other vertebrates, the quadrate bone of the jaw joins with the articular bone of the skull.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Hertwig considered that the following bones were originally formed by coalescence of teeth—parasphenoid, vomer, palatine, pterygoid, the tooth-bearing part of the pre-maxillary, the maxillary, the dentary and certain bones of the hyo-mandibular skeleton of Teleosts.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Referred specimens.—Fragmentary ?left maxilla, having two teeth, KU 11121; fragmentary left dentary having two teeth, KU 11122.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.
Type specimen.—Fragmentary left dentary, bearing five teeth, the most posterior of which is broken at the base, KU 11120.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.
The greater part of the under-jaw is formed by the right and left dentaries, which in all recent birds are fused together in front.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
The horizontal rami of the dentaries are the same.
From Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Findley, James S.
M. submentalis lies in the anterior angle of the lower jaw, is thick, and consists of transverse fibers extending between the dentaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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