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A popular myth mischaracterized pit bulls as having "locking jaws." [51] The refusal to let go is a behavioral, not physiological trait, and there is no locking mechanism in a pit bull's jaws. [52] Pit bull–type dogs, like other terriers, hunting and bull-baiting breeds, [53] can exhibit a bite, hold, and shake behavior and at times refuse to ...
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals, the structure is called a muzzle , [ 1 ] rostrum , or proboscis . The wet furless surface around the nostrils of the nose of many mammals is called the rhinarium (colloquially this is the "cold wet snout" of some mammals).
Trismus, a pathological condition in which the mouth is held shut by sustained spasm of the masseter (jaw) muscle, often observed in cases of tetanus; Tetanus, an infectious disease of the central nervous system; Temporomandibular joint dysfunction or TMD, often erroneously called TMJ
A bull and terrier type. Paris, 1863. "Watchful-Waiting". World War I poster featuring a pit bull as a representation of the US. Until the mid-19th century the since-extinct Old English Terriers and Old English Bulldogs were bred together to produce a dog that combined the gameness of the terrier with the strength and athleticism of the bulldog.
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Acute MMM in an American Pit Bull Terrier Chronic MMM in a Rottweiler. Masticatory muscle myositis (MMM) is an inflammatory disease in dogs affecting the muscles of mastication (chewing). It is also known as atrophic myositis or eosinophilic myositis. MMM is the most common inflammatory myopathy in dogs. [1] The disease mainly affects large ...
Dogs have disconnected shoulder bones (lacking the collar bone of the human skeleton) that allow a greater stride length for running and leaping. They walk on four toes, front and back, and have vestigial dewclaws on their front legs and on their rear legs. When a dog has extra dewclaws in addition to the usual one in the rear, the dog is said ...
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