CPiAPTER I. 



NOMENCLATURE OF THE TEETH. 



The teeth are called. Incisors, Canines, or Molars, ac- 

 cording to their location, form and function; they are supe- 

 rior or inferior according- to the jaw into which they are im- 

 planted; and right or left according to the side of the n^icdian 

 line of the body they occnpy. The incisors, naming from the 

 median line outward, are called centrals, laterals and cor- 

 ners. The molars are numbered, ist, 2nd, 3rd, etc., from 



Fk;. I. 

 Complete Denture of a Horse. 



1. The Canine denture. 



2. Incisor denture. 



3. Molar denture. 



before b-ackward. The sul)division of the molars int(~) 

 molars and n^.ola.rs is useless in the herbivora, as thcv 

 sess no distinguishing characteristics that woitld wai 

 such classihcation. and in the other animals the subdi\- 

 is more confusing than instructive. 



Each tooth in the head n^.ay then be identified by r 



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