vomer

American  

[voh-mer] / ˈvoʊ mər /

noun

Anatomy.

1. a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.

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vomer British  

/ ˈvɒm-, -rɪn, ˈvəʊmə, ˈvəʊməˌraɪn /

noun

1. the thin flat bone forming part of the separation between the nasal passages in mammals

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Other Word Forms

• vomerine adjective

Etymology

Origin of vomer

First recorded in 1695–1705, vomer is from the Latin word vōmer plowshare

Example Sentences

The nasal septum is formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone, the vomer bone, and the septal cartilage.

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These consist of 14 bones, with the paired maxillary, palatine, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, and inferior conchae bones and the unpaired vomer and mandible bones.

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A better view of the vomer bone is seen when looking into the posterior nasal cavity with an inferior view of the skull, where the vomer forms the full height of the nasal septum.

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The lower and posterior parts of the septum are formed by the triangular-shaped vomer bone.

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The sprat cannot be confounded with the herring, as it has no teeth on the vomer and only 47 or 48 scales in the lateral line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various