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DENT JUGALE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

The distinction between premolars and molars is sometimes unsatisfactory. ... [It is therefore] often convenient to speak of these teeth collectively [and call a molar or a premolar a] cheek tooth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

La "dent jugale", [que l'on retrouve chez les Mammifères,] située à l'arrière des arcades dentaires, au niveau des joues, a généralement plusieurs racines et une couronne complexe, plurituberculée, adaptée à sa fonction masticatrice. [Les dents jugales]se divisent en prémolaires et molaires.

Spanish

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