Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 860
he ends of the prisms, theform of which usually approaches the hexagonal. The course ofthe enamel-prisms is more or less wavy; and they are marked bynumerous transverse stria), resembling those of the prismaticshell-substance, and probably originating in the same cause,—thecoalescence of a series… … tolerably uniform thickness (Fig. 4-16, a), which follows the surfaceof the dentine in all its inequalities; and its component prismsare directed at right angles to that sur-face, their inner extremities resting inslight but regular depressions on theexterior of the dentine. In the teeth ofmany…
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