Bones and cartilages of septum of nose. Right side. (Vomer visible at bottom left.)
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Identifiers
Latin
vomer
MeSH
D055172
TA98
A02.1.11.001
TA2
751
FMA
9710
Anatomical terms of bone
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The vomer (/ˈvoʊmər/;[1][2] Latin: vomer, lit. 'ploughshare') is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and the left and right maxillary bones. The vomer forms the inferior part of the nasal septum in humans, with the superior part formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone.[3] The name is derived from the Latin word for a ploughshare and the shape of the bone.
^OED 2nd edition, 1989.
^Entry "vomer" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
^Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, Fehrenbach and Herring, Elsevier, 2012, page 52
The vomer (/ˈvoʊmər/; Latin: vomer, lit. 'ploughshare') is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates...
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suture joint can be found between the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone as well as between the vomer and the gap between the maxilla and...
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tissue flaps, and resected the cartilaginous and bony septum (including the vomer bone and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone), maintaining septal...
left maxilla becoming slightly concave towards the back of the snout. The vomer reached the tip of the snout, and was slightly concave, decreasing in thickness...
lateral margin of the ala of vomer.[citation needed] An inconstant vomerovaginal canal may lie between the ala of the vomer and the vaginal process of the...
and as a rule, connected with the maxillary only by ligament. The paired vomer is narrow. The palatine bone and pterygoid are long and parallel to the...
dodo is said to have laid a single egg. Like pigeons, the dodo lacked the vomer and septum of the nostrils, and it shared details in the mandible, the zygomatic...
formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone at the top, and the vomer bone below. The floor of the nose is made up of the incisive bone and the...
Selene is from the Greek for "moon", referring to the vague moon-shape of S. vomer while the specific name is a compound of seta meaning "bristle" and pinnis...
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