Oral Cavity Adaptations

Question 1

What teeth do herbivores have instead of incisors ?

Answer 1

They have a dental pad or sometimes called a horny pad.

Question 2

What i the upper and lower beak of a bird called

Answer 2

Upper and lower mandble

Question 3

List all 5 teeth in a herbivores mouth.

Answer 3

Diastema, dental pad, lower incisors, premolars and molars

Question 4

List all 5 teeth in a carnivores mouth

Answer 4

Carnassial teeth, incisors, canines, premolars and molars

Question 5

Name the two parts of a birds oral cavity

Answer 5

Upper mandible and the lower mandible