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furca,
n 1. the bone that separates the distal and mesial roots of molars.
n 2. the area where a tooth root divides.
furcal concavity
(fur´kl konkav´itē),
n a depression present in the furcation area of the root of a tooth.


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Excretory vesicle V-shaped filled with excretory granules, arms reaching pharynx level, opening on the inner side of each furca end.
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret: You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.
However, it seems to be the case of - to torture Horace's celebrated tag - "Italiam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret," for his contributors subsequently acknowledge the centrality of Italy in transmitting the rhetorical tradition.
 
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