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ANTERIOR TOOTH [12 records]

Record 1 2024-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
OBS

The maxillary and mandibular incisors and canines.

OBS

anterior tooth : The English and Latin designations are found in the plural(anterior teeth, dentes anteriores) in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • anterior teeth
  • dentes anteriores

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

[Les] douze dents situées à l'avant de [la] bouche sont regroupées ensemble pour former les dents antérieures.

OBS

Les incisives et les canines supérieures et inférieures.

OBS

dent antérieure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

La désignation latine se trouve au pluriel (dentes anteriores) dans la Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • dentes anteriores

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Boca
DEF

Incisivos y caninos superiores e inferiores.

Key term(s)
  • diente anterior
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Record 2 2013-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A set of six artificial anterior teeth, mandibular or maxillary, matched for shade, shape and size.

OBS

anterior tooth set : term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO).

Key term(s)
  • set of anterior teeth
  • anterior set of teeth
  • anterior teeth set

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Ensemble de six dents antérieures artificielles, pour la mandibule ou le maxillaire supérieur, de teinte, forme et dimensions assorties.

OBS

assortiment de dents antérieures : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A family of fishes which belongs to the order Myliobatiformes.

OBS

In contrast to eagle rays, mantas lack large tooth plates. They also have the anterior subdivisions of the pectoral fins modified as 2 separate fins, known as cephalic fins, located on the head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille de poissons qui appartient à l'ordre des Myliobatiformes.

OBS

Les mantes (Mobulidae) se caractérisent par leurs yeux situés sur les côtés de la tête et par leurs deux nageoires céphaliques qui ressemblent à des cornes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A rest usually on an anterior tooth which function is to provide support to an appliance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Soutien d'une prothèse, sur la face linguale d'une dent antérieure.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

The projection of an anterior clasp which rests on the incisal edge of a tooth, the purpose of which is to prevent displacement of the appliance in the vertical direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Partie du crochet qui se projette sur le bord incisif de la dent, pour éviter le déplacement vertical.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A circlet type clasp which engages the mesial and distal surfaces of an anterior tooth from the lingual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Crochet circulaire qui engage les faces mésiale et distale d'une dent antérieure, depuis la face linguale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

That part of an anterior tooth which makes up the bulk of the cervical portion of the lingual surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Partie saillante située sur la face interne et à la base de la couronne des incisives et des canines.

Spanish

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Record 8 1979-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

As a group, the six upper and six lower front teeth are referred to as the anterior teeth, upper anteriors and lower anteriors.

Key term(s)
  • lower anterior
  • lower anterior tooth
  • mandibular anterior tooth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

Dents antérieures: Les incisives et les canines supérieures et inférieures.

OBS

Maxillaire inférieur. Les incisives sont très fines, uniradiculaires, de forme ovale, aplaties au centre. Peu ou pas de singulum (...) La canine inférieure est plus fine, plus étroite que la supérieure. Peu de singulum.

OBS

Voir D10 du fascicule 22090 de ENSTO.

OBS

«dents antérieures mandibulaires» : Voir A10 du fascicule 23230 de ENSTO.

Key term(s)
  • dents antérieures de l'arcade inférieure
  • dent antérieure du maxillaire inférieur
  • dent antérieure mandibulaire
  • dent antérieure de l'arcade inférieure

Spanish

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Record 9 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[Bivalves of the Family Desertellidae have a shell that is] medium-sized, equivalve subequilateral, subtrigonal, but with [a] posterior end [that] is high and subtruncate; length and height [are] almost equal; [they have a] blunt diagonal ridge delimiting [a] relatively narrow posterior area; [the] shell wall [is] thick; [the] unbones [are] moderately well inflated and incurved, slightly opisthogyrous; [they have] no lunule or esiutcheon; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic; [the] nymph [is] short and thick. Each valve [has] two teeth diverging from [the] beak, LV anterior and RV posterior almost equal in size, very stout and prominent, bluntly pointed, received in deep recesses; LV posterior and RV anterior [are] also almost equal, less prominent than [the] other two, each elongated and close to [the] margin, and each received in [a] recess between [the] major tooth of [the] opposite valve and [the] margin adjacent to it; [the] dentition of [the] valves thus [appears] identical when [the] interior of [the] shell is viewed; [the] adductor scars [are] subequal, placed rather dorsally, [the] posterior ones [are] almost superficial, each with [a] small accessory scar above it, [the] anterior ones [are] slightly impressed, each with [a] low buttress-like thickening of [the] shell wall on its posterior side in some specimens, and [a] small accessory scar on its posteroventral side; [the] pallial line [is] entire. [The] surface [has] fine concentric striae. [The] original shell structure(whether nacreous or not [is] unknown. [The] habitat [is] nonmarine.) "L Cret.(?ALB.) ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Les damellibranles de la famille des Desortellidae ont une] coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, [au] bord antérieur allongé [et au] bord postérieur court. [Les] crochets [sont] opposés. [Ils ont une] carène limitant du côté postérieur une aréa plus petite que le flanc. [L'] ornementation [est] faite de fines stries concentriques et de quelques stries rayonnantes. [Ils ont une] charnière identique sur les deux valves et composée d'une fossette parallèle au bord de la coquille, d'une dent triangulaire très saillante, d'une fossette triangulaire de même forme que cette dent, d'une dent lamellaire. Ces quatre éléments sont disposés en allant du bord postérieur vers le bord antérieur sur la valve droite, et du bord antérieur vers le bord postérieur sur la valve gauche. [Ils ont une] empreinte palléale entière; deux empreintes des adducteurs; [et une] trace des insertions des muscles d'attache du pied et du sac viscéral.

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Tancrediidae have the following characteristics; the] shell [is] small to medium-sized, smooth or with weak radial ornament, equivalve, feebly to moderately inflated, ovate or subtrigonal, more or less elongate, subequilateral to strongly inequilateral, in [the] latter case with [the] anterior end longer; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, usually short; [the] cardinal teeth [number] fundamentally two in each valve(2, 4b in LV, 3a, 3b in RV), but decreased to [a] single tooth in one or both valves in some forms by [the] extreme reduction of LV posterior(4b), of RV anterior(3a), or of both,(...) ;[there is a] single posterior lateral(PII) present in LV and received, below [the] dorsal margin of RV, in [a] socket which may lie between two distinct lateral teeth(PIII, PI) ;[the] anterior laterals, if distinguishable,(...) [consist] of laminar projections from [the] margins; [the] adductor scars [are] small; [the] pallial line [is] simple or(...) [has a] shallow sinus. "U. Trias.-U. Cret. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Tancrediidae (...) [ont une] charnière (...) [comportant] des cardinales et des latérales postérieures.

Spanish

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Record 11 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the Family Trigoniidae have shells that are] highly variable in shape and ornament; [the] umbones [are] most commonly opisthogyrous, but orthogyrous or prosogyrous in a few groups; [an] escutcheon [is] usually present; [the] area and flank [are] differentiated and differently ornamented in most genera; [the] flank ornament [is] generally concentric or oblique, but radial in some forms; [the] median tooth of [the] left valve [is] broad, grooved, strongly concave to deeply emarginate below; [the] posterior left [is] weak or obscure, marginal; [the] anterior left [is] of moderate strength; [the] right valve(...) [has] two subequal and more or less symmetrically divergent teeth not borne on [a] hinge plate, and(...) [a] very obscure anterior marginal tooth in some species; [the] two main teeth of [the] right valve and [the] sides of [the] left valve teeth against which they fit bear strong transverse ridges(...) ;[the] anterior myophorous buttresses [are] well developed; [the] pallial line [is] entire; Recent forms [are] filibranchiate; mantle lobes [are] free; [the bivalves are] nonbyssiferous. "M. Trias.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Trigoniidae (...) [ont une] coquille nacrée, inéquilatérale, [le] bord antérieur [est] généralement arrondi, beaucoup moins développé que le postérieur qui est plus ou moins tronqué et anguleux. [La] charnière [est] faite généralement de deux dents cardinales divergentes sur la valve droite et de une, deux ou trois dents cardinales divergentes sur la valve gauche; [le] ligament est externe; [ils ont] deux impressions musculaires; [et une] empreinte palléale entière.

Spanish

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Record 12 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Anthracosiidae(...) [have shells that are] equivalve or subequivalve, highly variable, but commonly ovate, elliptical, subtriangular or suborbicular in outline; [the] hinge line [is] gently arcuate. [A] circular anterior adductor scar [is] deeply impressed, slightly smaller in area than [the] shallow oval posterior scar and situated near [the] margin with [the] angle of [the] usually well-defined, subtriangular frontal lobe; [the] anterior retractor muscle [is] situated above and close to [the] anterior adductor, its impression visible on [the] internal molds as [a] small single or double scar on [the] crest of [the] umbonal ridge. Dentition [is] variable, usually consisting of one subumbonal tooth(in both valves or in only one), which may not reach [the] edge of [the] hinge plate, but two teeth may occur in each valve, or in one valve only(single tooth, which may be in either valve, fitting between) ;[there are] rarely more than two teeth(maximum four, of low relief) present in each valve, and [the] hinge plate may be edentulous. [The] lunule and escutcheon [are] variable, but usually feebly defined. "Carb., ? Perm. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Anthracosiidae (...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale, ovale, subtrapéziforme ou triangulaire, lisse ou finement striée concentriquement, [le] ligament [est] externe. [Ils ont une] Charnière présentant de très grandes variations et ne constituant pas, de ce fait, un bon caractère générique; il y a tantôt une dent sous le crochet et une dent postérieure, tantôt de nombreuses dents, tantôt pas de dents. (...) Dévonien au Trias. (...)

Spanish

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