dentary
Americannoun
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dentaries
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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
The muscle passed into the Meckelian fossa of the mandible and inserted on the angular, surangular, prearticular, coronoid and dentary bones.
From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Richard C. Fox
The teeth are in the dentary bone or bones, and these bones are almost always blended as in most birds and Turtles, and not separate from each other as among Crocodiles, Lizards, and Serpents.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
The dentary extends approximately 17.6 mm. back from the symphysis, and its greatest width is probably 2.0 mm.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
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 William E. Duellman
The horizontal rami of the dentaries are the same.
From Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by James S. Findley
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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