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Examples of vomer
vomer
The vomer is large and articulates with the premaxillae and maxillopalatines anteriorly.
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The VNO consists of a pair of tiny dents on either side of the nasal septum, on top of the vomer bone.
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It is named for its closeness to the vomer and nasal bones, and is particularly developed in animals such as cats and horses.
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All other extant birds have a narrow forked vomer that does not connect with other bones and is then termed as neognathous.
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In the accessory olfactory system, stimuli are detected by the vomeronasal organ, located in the vomer, between the nose and the mouth.
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Posteriorly the vomer fuses to the ventral surface of the pterygoid, and the palatines fuse to the ventral surface of this pterygovomer articulation.
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- Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum
- The vomer 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 bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils
- The most anterior bone of the roof of the mouth; may bear teeth.
- Latin = plough-share; hence, the bone of the nasal septum which is split in two at its upper edge.
- A median unpaired bone lying in the floor of the nasal cavity above the hard palate.
