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...

plate of ethmoid bone Septal nasal cartilage (ie, quandrangular cartilage) Vomer bone The lowest part of the septum is a narrow strip of bone that projects...

The lookdown (Selene vomer) is a species of game fish in the family Carangidae. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of...

Vomer flap surgery was used prior to 1975 as a surgical treatment for children with cleft palate. In this procedure, the vomer bone was used to reconstruct...

Lacrimal bones (2) Mandible Maxilla (2) Nasal bones (2) Palatine bones (2) Vomer Zygomatic bones (2) Elements of the cartilaginous viscerocranium (i.e.,...

bones: frontal, ethmoid, nasal, zygomatic, lacrimal, and palatine bones, the vomer, the inferior nasal concha, as well as the maxilla of the other side. Sometimes...

to olfaction (sense of smell). The choanae are separated in two by the vomer. A choana is the opening between the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx. It...

Zygomatic bone (cheek bones) (2) Palatine bone (2) Inferior nasal concha (2) Vomer (1) Hyoid bone (1) Mandible (1) Middle ears (6 bones in total, 3 on each...

temporal sphenoid ethmoid Face nasal maxilla lacrimal zygomatic palatine inferior nasal conchae vomer mandible hyoid Ear ossicles malleus incus stapes...

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...

Selene Lookdown (S. vomer) Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata...

the presence of a specially formed sclerite (hardened plate), called a vomer, which allows the male to clasp the female during mating. The order is divided...

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...

ethmoid and frontal bones. The bones of the facial skeleton (14) are the vomer, two inferior nasal conchae, two nasal bones, two maxilla, the mandible...

palate of the therocephalians primarily comprises the maxillae and the vomer.) The dentary was the largest bone in their lower jaw. The cynodonts probably...

(Bleeker, 1855) Synonyms Priodon hexacanthus Bleeker, 1855 Naseus vomer Klunzinger, 1871 Naso vomer (Klunzinger, 1871) Naso thorpei J. L. B. Smith, 1966...

Same dog as picture on left, one year later Smile Pinki Palatal obturator Vomer flap surgery Cleft lip and palate organisations Face and neck development...

the prey's escape. Many salamanders have patches of teeth attached to the vomer and the palatine bones in the roof of the mouth, and these help to retain...

process, frontal with parallel margins, incipient prefrontal boss, reduced vomers, absent retroarticular process, low presacral vertebral count (between 15...

This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized. For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics...

derived from the fact that it lies adjacent to the unpaired vomer bone (from Latin vomer 'plowshare', for its shape) in the nasal septum. It is present...

membranes. Bones affected can include the body of the sphenoid bone, the vomer, the medial pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and the horizontal plate...

palate, the structure of which differs greatly in the ratites. Here, the vomer is large and connects with premaxillae and maxillopalatine bones in a condition...

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...

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...

Naturelle, is a snout (consisting of partial premaxillae, partial maxillae, vomers, and a dentary fragment). Described by Taquet and Russell in 1998, the specimen...

cartilage and the bones comprising the septum include the maxillary crest, vomer, and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. Normally, the septum lies centrally...

involved in the malformation. The tear duct, nasal bone, nasal cavity, vomer (the small thin bone separating the left and right nasal passages), maxillary...

orstedii Lütken, 1880 Synonyms Selene oerstedi Lütken, 1880 Selene oerstedii Lütken, 1880 Vomer oerstedii (Lütken, 1880) Vomer orstedii (Lütken, 1880)...

other words for "branch, rod, stake, beam", is a common metaphor, as is vomer, "plough". The penis might also be referred to as the "vein" (vena), "tail"...