The type of attachment of teeth in a socket of jaw bone is called _____
(a) Heterodont
(b) Diphyodont
(c) Homodont
(d) Thecodont
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In teeth, the tooth is attached to a "socket" in the jaw bone called an alveolus
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The type of attachment of teeth in a socket of jaw bone is called -option d) __Thecodont___
An arrangement of teeth, or dentition that is morphological , in which a socket of bone that is deep has a firm grip on the teeth and encloses it.
This type of dentition is called thecodont dentition. This is mainly seen in crocodiles, mammals, dinosaurs etc.
Thecodont dentition is completely the opposite of Pleurodont and Acrodont types of dental arrangement and Squamate reptiles are mainly seen where they show this kind of dentition.
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