Snake fang

A snake fang is a specialized tooth that delivers venom into prey or threats. In venomous snakes, fangs vary in position, mobility, and connection to venom glands.

Snake venom delivery system: The anatomical and functional system that produces, stores, and injects snake venom. Fangs are the terminal injectors in this system, linking venom glands to the bite.
Snake dentition: The arrangement and types of teeth in a snake's jaws. Fangs are specialized members of the broader snake tooth arrangement.
Snake venom: A complex secretion produced by snakes, containing molecules that disrupt physiological processes. Fangs introduce this secretion into tissues, where its components produce effects.
Spitting cobra: A cobra that can eject venom from its front fangs toward a perceived threat. Its fangs can direct venom outward without requiring a bite.
Evolution of snake venom: The evolutionary history of venom production and delivery in snakes. Fangs evolved as specialized structures within the broader history of snake venom.
Venom gland: A modified salivary gland that produces and stores venom in venomous snakes. Muscles around the gland can press venom toward the fang during a strike.
Aglyphous dentition: A snake tooth arrangement with no specialized grooved or hollow venom-injecting fangs. It contrasts ordinary teeth with the specialized delivery structures of venomous snakes.
Envenomation: The injection of venom into a person or animal by a venomous organism. Fang function determines whether and how venom enters the victim's tissues.
Venomous snake: A snake that produces venom and has a means of delivering it into another organism. The fang is one of several structures through which venomous snakes deliver venom.
Toxicofera: A proposed reptile clade that includes snakes and several lizard groups, many with venom-related traits. Its proposed ancestry places snake venom systems within a wider reptile evolutionary context.

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