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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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)...

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...

with six bones: the sphenoid, ethmoid, maxilla, inferior nasal concha, vomer and opposite palatine. There are two important foramina in the palatine...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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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...

Species: S. peruviana Binomial name Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) Synonyms Vomer peruvianus Guichenot, 1866 Vomer declivifrons Meek & Hildebrand, 1925...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

articulates with the frontal, parietal, ethmoid, temporal, zygomatic, palatine, vomer, and occipital bones and helps to connect the neurocranium to the facial...