Definition of Vomers. Meaning of Vomers. Synonyms of Vomers

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Definition of Vomers

Vomer
Vomer Vo"mer, n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle.

Meaning of Vomers from wikipedia

- (extinct amphibians) the teeth on the vomers were actually larger than the primary set. In amphibians and reptiles, the vomers become narrower, due to the presence...
- 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.,...
- to those of tetrapods. The upper jaw is formed from the pterygoids and vomers alone, all of which bear teeth. Much of the skull is formed from cartilage...
- 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...
- 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...
- temporal sphenoid ethmoid Face nasal maxilla lacrimal zygomatic palatine inferior nasal conchae vomer mandible hyoid Ear ossicles malleus incus stapes...
- process, frontal with parallel margins, incipient prefrontal boss, reduced vomers, absent retroarticular process, low presacral vertebral count (between 15...