dentary
[ den-tuh-ree ]
noun,plural den·ta·ries.Zoology.
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
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The dentary is an unornamented bone with the anterior half curving medially; the greatest height is anterior.
The dentary meets the splenial dorsally in a straight suture.
The splenial also curves medially, and as stated, meets the dentary in a straight suture.
Membrane bones are freely developed in connection with the mandible, dentary, splenial, and angular bones being all present.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIt extends back as far as the posterior end of the jaw and forwards for some distance dorsal to the dentary and splenial.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
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