Dental plate
The dental plate (lat. Pulvinus dentalis ) is a toothless, strongly keratinized area of the oral mucosa of ruminants . She's in the upper jaw instead of the other mammals existing cutting and canines created.
See also
literature
- Franz-Viktor Salomon: oral cavity, cavum oris . In: Franz-Viktor Salomon u. a. (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine . 3. Edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8304-1288-5 , pp. 254 .