vomer

[voh-mer]

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noun

Anatomy.

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.

vomer

/ ˈvɒm-, -rɪn, ˈvəʊmə, ˈvəʊməˌraɪn /

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

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Origin of vomer¹

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

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Origin of vomer¹

C18: from Latin: ploughshare

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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.

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Each vomer has two wide serrated flanges laterally.

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The vomer has a thin anterior ridge that gradually disappears before it reaches the border of the premaxillary.

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The nasal bones which, together with the vomer, form the nose, are likewise dermal bones, and so are the pterygoids and palatines.

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The V-shaped bone in front is called the vomer, while the hinder part is called pterygoid.

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