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<p>198.8.80.197: /* Purpose and function */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Cocker spaniel.jpg|right|thumb|225px|A Cocker Spaniel's extended snout]]<br /> [[File:Panthera leo Kruger Skull.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Panther's skull showing enlarged nose aperture and extended jaw and row of [[carnivore]] teeth]]<br /> A '''muzzle''', also known as a '''snout''', is a protruding part of an [[animal]]'s face that includes the nasal cavity, nose, jaw, and mouth, in the same relative region where the [[Human]]'s counterparts are located.<br /> <br /> == Purpose and function ==<br /> <br /> The primary reason a muzzle is extended for this is the extension of the nasal cavity, which provides for an extremely acute sense of [[W:Olfaction|smell]]. A tangential benefit is the extension of the jaw, allowing for more teeth (and more specialized teeth) in a single species. It also provides surface area for vibrissae, or &quot;sinus hairs&quot; - named for the blood filled sinus surrounding the cuticle. This sinus allows incredibly exquisite sensation, particularly in species that naturally make burrows and need whiskers the width of their body to prevent entrapment. It is incredibly cruel for people to trim an animals whiskers because of this; ripping them out, consequentially, is literally torture.<br /> <br /> [[Canine]]s have the longest proportional muzzle, followed by [[feline]]s and [[mustelid]]s. [[Equine]]s' &quot;muzzles&quot; are technically very short, although the entirety of their extended skulls are considered to be part of the muzzle.<br /> <br /> == Muzzles and furry ==<br /> <br /> A common problem in [[furgonomics]] is how to deal with the issues of having a muzzle; for example, how a [[character]]'s [[anthropomorphic]] muzzle may alter [[W:Facial expression|facial expressions]] or [[W:Speech|speech]] in relation to similar Human traits (i.e. Humanoid mouth motor functions such as whisling, lips' muscle expressions, such as puckering, frowning, etc), or how the muzzle's larger cranial (extended) [[W:Bone|bone]] mass may work in relation to normal Human gear or vestments (helmets, masks, etc,...).<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[W:Muzzle|Muzzle]] on [[Wikipedia]]<br /> <br /> {{term-stub}}<br /> <br /> {{Anatomy}}<br /> [[Category:Anatomy terms]]<br /> <br /> [[it:muso]]<br /> [[ru:Морда]]<br /> [[zh:嚵]]</div>

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