A tooth with a rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding;
specifically : one of the cheek teeth in mammals behind the incisors and
canines.
Situated in front of or preceding the molar teeth;
especially : being or
relating to those teeth of a mammal in front of the true molars and behind the
canines when the latter are present.
A conical pointed tooth; especially : one situated between the lateral
incisor and the first premolar.
A front tooth typically adapted for cutting; especially : one of the cutting
teeth in mammals located between the canines when canines are present.
The tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts
of the jaws; broadly : the alveolar portion of a jaw with its enveloping soft
tissues.
The roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity.
A fleshy movable process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that
bears sensory end organs and small glandsand functions especially in taking and
swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ.
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft
palate.
Tonsil
Either of a pair of
prominent masses of lymphoid tissue that lie one on each side of the throat
between the anterior and posterior pillars of the fauces.