vomer bone

vomer bone
vomer.

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  • vomer bone — noun The small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils. See Also: vomeronasal …   Wiktionary

  • 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 palate and cover the cleft. Vomer flap procedure The vomer is a triangle shaped bone that forms the… …   Wikipedia

  • Vomer — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 43 GrayPage = 170 Caption = Vomer labeled at left. Caption2 = Bones and cartilages of septum of nose. Right side. (Vomer visible at bottom left.) System = MeshName = Vomer MeshNumber = A02.165 …   Wikipedia

  • vomer — noun The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils …   Wiktionary

  • Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …   Medical dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vomer — [vō′mər] n. [ModL < L, plowshare; akin to vomis: see WEDGE] Anat. the thin, flat cranial bone forming the lower and posterior part of the septum that separates the nasal passages vomerine [vō′mər in, väm′mər in] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… …   Wikipedia

  • vomer — A flat bone of trapezoidal shape forming the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal septum; it articulates with the sphenoid, ethmoid, two maxillae, and two palatine bones. [L. ploughshare] v. cartilagineus SYN: vomeronasal cartilage. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • Bone, sphenoid — A bone at the base of the skull that is of a most irregular shape. The sphenoid bone consists of a central portion, (the body of the sphenoid) and six processes: two greater wings, two lesser wings and two pterygoid processes. The sphenoid bone… …   Medical dictionary

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