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The 23 pages that link to Incisor, each with the reason it gives.

• GrazingRelated: Many grazers use incisors against a dental pad to crop vegetation.

• Canine toothRelated: Incisors sit immediately in front of canines in many mammalian tooth rows.

• RodentBroader topic: Rodents are defined by their distinctive continuously growing incisors.

• Dental formulaRelated: Incisors occupy the first position in each side’s dental formula.

• MolarCompared with: Incisors cut food, while molars grind it at the back of the mouth.

• ToothBroader topic: Its edge bites into food before other teeth process it.

• Heterodont dentitionBroader topic: Incisors are specialized for cutting at the front of a heterodont jaw.

• Mammalian dentitionBroader topic: Incisors occupy the front of mammalian tooth rows and cut or nip food.

• TuskRelated: Elephant tusks are enlarged upper incisors, while other tusks arise from different teeth.

• LagomorphaNarrower topic: Lagomorphs are distinguished by a second, smaller pair behind their prominent upper incisors.

• SciuridaeRelated: Like other rodents, sciurids gnaw with continuously growing incisors.

• SquirrelRelated: Squirrels use continuously growing incisors to gnaw food and other materials.

• DentitionBroader topic: Incisors form one of the major tooth types distinguished in dentition.

• Dental batteryCompared with: Incisors cut vegetation before cheek teeth grind it.

• Dental morphologyBroader topic: Its blade-like crown contrasts with the pointed or broad crowns of other classes.

• Eastern gray squirrelBroader topic: Its continuously growing incisors let it open hard nuts and gnaw through tough plant material.

• Brown ratBroader topic: The brown rat’s incisors grow continuously and help it gnaw through tough materials.

• Vampire batRelated: Sharp incisors make the shallow cuts through which vampire bats obtain blood.

• NutriaBroader topic: Nutria’s prominent orange incisors continually grow and are used to cut vegetation.

• MuskratBroader topic: Muskrats use their incisors to cut aquatic vegetation and construction materials.

• BlesmolRelated: Blesmols use their incisors to excavate soil without filling their mouths with dirt.

• Human toothBroader topic: Human incisors start food processing by cutting into food.

• TaeniodontaBroader topic: Enlarged incisors were prominent in several taeniodont genera.