Vomer
Unpaired facial bone of the skull / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Latin | vomer |
MeSH | D055172 |
TA98 | A02.1.11.001 |
TA2 | 751 |
FMA | 9710 |
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