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A MANUAL OF DENTAL ANATOMY. 



the throat. The hinged teeth on the palate seem ad- 

 mirably arranged for getting the fish into a longitudinal 



FIG. 97 ( x ). 



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position and keeping it there ; for, if we imagine the fish's 



(*) Jaws of a Pike, viewed from the front, with the month opened more 

 widely than is natural, so as to bring the teeth into view. a. Group of 

 teeth situated on the palatine bone. 6. Group of teeth situated on the 

 vomer. c. Group of teeth situated on the lingual bone. d. Specially 

 large teeth, placed at intervals round the margin of the lower jaw. 

 e. Group of teeth on the intermaxillary bones. 



The diagram beneath represents the direction in which the hinged teeth 

 of the vcmerine and palatine bands can bend. 



