 ... class is found to take place, to a much greater degree than in man. Thus, in the carnivora, the cuspidati are greatly elongated and strengthened, in order to enable them to seize their food, and to tear it in pieces; in the rodentia, or gnawing animals,...  The Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth - Seite 33von Thomas Bell - 1835 - 332 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1835 - 240 Seiten
...beaver, for instance, the incisors are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary developement which their peculiar habits demand, and in the 'graminivorous...instances, the other kinds of teeth are found to be proportionably of less importance, and, in some cases, are actually wanting. In man, on the contrary,... | |
 | 1839 - 592 Seiten
...; in the rodenlia, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver, for instance, the incisors are remaikably long, and exhibit that extraordinary development which...instances, the other kinds of teeth are found to be proportionably of less importance, and in some cases, are actually wanting. In man, on the contrary,... | |
 | Thomas Lukyn - 1853 - 158 Seiten
...tear it in pieces ; in the rodentia, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver for instance, the incisors are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary...habits demand; and, in the graminivorous animals, the raminantia especially, the molars are found to occupy the most conspicuous situation. But in each of... | |
 | Thomas Howard (Dentist) - 1858 - 74 Seiten
...tear it in pieces; in the rodentia, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver for instance, the incisors are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary...on the contrary, every class appears to be equally developed, to a moderate, though a sufficient, degree, and to exhibit a perfection of structure, which... | |
 | Thomas Howard - 1861 - 78 Seiten
...tear it in pieces; in the rodentla, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver for instance, the incisors are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary...on the contrary, every class appears to be equally developed, to a moderate, though a sufficient, degree, and to exhibit a perfection of structure, which... | |
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