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TEETH. 



tissue.* Fig. 54.5. illustrates this structure in 

 a longitudinal section of a tooth of a shark of 



Fig. 515. 



Fig. 547. 



Section of tooth of Lainna, maqnijied. 

 &'' Oilontor/rapl/y.) 



the genus Lmnnn : v is the vaso-dentine ; d 

 the hard dentine; the earthy confluent so 



Fig. 546. 



^feeK'5v;'%':l,i 



Section of tooth of Diignnrj (Halicore), magnified. 

 * Odontography, pp. 17. 37. 



Section of tooth of Cachalot (Physeter). 



predominates that the tissue 

 takes a polish like enamel, for 

 which it has commonly been 

 mistaken in the teeth of fishes : 

 I have called it " vitro-den- 

 tine." 



The molars of the Dugong 

 are examples of teeth com- 

 posed of dentine and cement, 

 the latter tissue forming a 

 thick external layer. Fig, 

 546. A. is a transverse section 

 of the crown of the second 

 molar, natural size ; and B. 

 a magnified view of a por- 

 tion of the section ; d the 

 dentine, remarkable for the 

 number of minute calcigerous 

 cells at its periphery ; and c 

 the cement. 



In the great teeth of the 

 lower jaw of the Cachalot, 

 the pulp-cavity of the growing 

 tooth becomes filled up by 

 osteo-dcntine, the result of a modified calci- 

 fication of the dentinal pulp ; and the full- 

 grown tooth presents three tissues, as shown 



