Hinge teeth are part of the anatomical structure of the inner surface of a bivalve shell, i.e. the shell of a bivalve mollusk. Bivalves by definition...

structures known as "teeth" which are situated along the hinge line. In many bivalve shells, the two valves are symmetrical along the hinge line — when truly...

line of bivalve shells Hinge teeth of bivalve shells Ligament (bivalve) or hinge ligament of a bivalve shell Molecular hinge, a molecule that can be...

species in this family are morphologically unusual, with very elaborate hinge teeth, and the exterior of the shell is highly ornamented. The most striking...

Bruxism is excessive teeth grinding or jaw clenching. It is an oral parafunctional activity; i.e., it is unrelated to normal function such as eating or...

hinge or articulate. The hinge line can easily be perceived in these images of a mussel shell and an ark shell. The hinge teeth, structures which control...

edge (the hinge line) by a flexible ligament that, usually in conjunction with interlocking "teeth" on each of the valves, forms the hinge. This arrangement...

Latin impar "unequal" and dens "tooth", in reference to the unequal hinge teeth seen in members of the clade. The relationships among members of Imparidentia...

name Sibynophiinae is older, it has priority. They are commonly called hinged-teeth snakes. Sibynophiine snakes are between 30 and 100 cm in total length...

isomyarian (that is, their adductor muscles are of equal size). Three main hinge teeth are characteristic of the subclass Heterodonta, to which this order belongs...

of the hinge. The right valve is flatter than the left and there are hinge teeth in both valves. The anterior ear is larger than that in other members...

two halves of the shell be of equal size and shape, but by having the hinge teeth be in a single row, rather than separated into two groups, as they are...

pedicle and brachial valves hinge, locking the valves against lateral displacement. Inarticulate brachiopods have no matching teeth and sockets; their valves...

plural forcipes is no longer recorded in most dictionaries) are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when...

heterodont refers to a condition where teeth of differing sizes occur in the hinge plate, a part of the Bivalvia. Zahradnicek, Oldrich; Buchtova, Marcela;...

white to purple. The valves are very thin and brittle, and there are no hinge teeth. The mantle is fused on the dorsal side and between the exhalant siphon...

Lizards in the genus Lialis specialize in eating skinks. They have hinged teeth and kinetic skull joints which flex allowing them to swallow their prey...

elongated. Unlike most other bivalves, species in this group have no hinge teeth on their shells. They have relatively primitive, "protobranchiate", gills...

often smooth, is in some species crossed by deep transverse furrows. The hinge teeth are high, thick, and rounded at the apices. The habitat of the genus...

A geared continuous hinge is a type of continuous hinge used mostly on doors in high-traffic entrances and features gear teeth that mesh together under...

about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length. The shell is thin but has robust hinge teeth, especially at the anterior end. There are sometimes a few fine ribs...

Moore, 1952, characterised by simple hinge-line dentition consisting of small, numerous, similar hinge teeth, separate mantle lobes, poorly developed...

fly zipper is folded flat against the teeth when it is not in use, and the handle is held down by both slider hinge tension and the fabric flap over the...

shallow) and inflated ventral corpus, with rows of spines near the hinge. Hinge teeth are absent except in the oldest genera. The cardinal process of productids...

loose. The ligament is external and there are several U-shaped cardinal hinge teeth on each valve. The largest specimen so far collected has a valve length...

mussels. The thick shell is about as broad as it is long with heavy hinge teeth. The outside may be yellowish green to dark brown and the inside is white...

foramen. Hinge teeth large relative to symphytium, with swollen bases (not supported by 'dental plates'). Cardinalia with inner and outer hinge plates separated...

symphytium concave. Hinge teeth small, weak; pedicle collar very short. Cardinalia lamellar with excavate inner and outer hinge plates separated by narrow...

larvae. Fifteen hours after fertilization the larvae have well-developed hinge teeth. Ten to twelve days after fertilization the larvae undergo metamorphosis...

Midwest and mid-south. All have thick nacreous shells with well-developed hinge teeth, many also with external shell sculpturing of nodules or lumps. In 2012...