Sentences with phrase «smaller upper jaws»

With their short muzzles and smaller upper jaws, flat - faced dogs — known as brachycephalic breeds, and including bulldogs, Boston terriers, pugs and French bulldogs — tend to have particular health issues, from breathing noisily to overheating and allergies.

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Premaxillae are the small bones at the tip of the upper jaw of most animals, but are enlarged and fused to form the beak of birds.

Mucron organ, for instance, refers to a small, circular organ on the side of the mucron, or toothless section of the upper jaw, and which turned out to be common in solifuges although it had never been mentioned before.

Baleen whales like the blue whale suck in enormous mouthfuls of water and then force it out through the baleen filter hanging from their upper jaw, retaining prey such as krill and small fish.

Jaw teeth small and depressible; upper and lower jaws with bands of villiform teeth, bands broadest anteriorly; largest teeth present along posterior portion of lower jaw.

I suffered one small fracture in my upper left temple, another one on my left jaw, and the third one on my left collarbone.

If your dog has a short upper or lower jaw and his teeth do not come together (like pugs, bulldogs, shih tzus, boxers, and other brachycephalic breeds), he breathes through an open mouth, or he has normal jaws but they are tiny and the teeth are too close together (like the Maltese, Yorkie, Miniature Pinscher, and some other small breeds) daily brushing is vital to prevent tartar buildup, gingivitis, and the eventual development of periodontal disease.

Undershot jaw (lower jaw protrudes beyond the upper jaw) is seen on occasion, and is prevalent in small dogs and in breeds like Bulldogs, Shih Tzu's, and Lhasa apso's.

Baleen refers to the horny keratinous substance found in two rows of transverse plates which hang down from the upper jaws of baleen whales, and the fin refers to the small dorsal or back fin.

Instead of teeth, gray whales possess baleen plates that hang from their upper jaw to form a sieve for filtering mostly benthic, mud - dwelling creatures such as worms, crustaceans and other small animals out of the bottom muck.

Jane tilted her head to the side, her eyes widened, the muscles in her jaw tightened forcing her upper and lower lips into a very small shared space on her face.