dentary
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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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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
The lower jaw of mammals consists of only one bone, the dentary.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
"A" is a left ramus with the dentary broken off anterior to the canine and bears p4 and the canine.
From Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Findley, James S.
Initially, the angular is short and broad; the articular surface is absent, and the anterior end is slightly overlapped by the dentary.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
The dentary meets the angular in a long oblique suture; the dentary gradually tapers posterodorsally and ends on the dorsal surface of the angular.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
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.
The horizontal rami of the dentaries are the same.
From Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Findley, James S.
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
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