Cross section of a viper head Small 320×180 Medium 640×361 Large 1024×577 Download Tiff Original 2400×1353 | (1.5 MB) Description Section of the head of a serpent. a, poison fangs; b, poison glands; c, conductor for the poison; d, muscles of the jaws; e, tendon of the muscles; s, salivary glands. Keywords fangs, gland, head, muscle, ophidia, poison, Reptile, serpent, snake, tendon Galleries Reptile Anatomy Source: S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1859)