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Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Vomeronasal Organ
Respiratory System > Nose > Vomeronasal Organ
Sense Organs > Nose > Vomeronasal Organ

Preferred term

Vomeronasal Organ  

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Entry terms

  • Jacobson Organ
  • Jacobson's Organ
  • Jacobsons Organ
  • Organum Vomeronasale
  • Organum Vomeronasales
  • Vomeronasale, Organum

Scope note

  • An accessory chemoreceptor organ that is separated from the main OLFACTORY MUCOSA. It is situated at the base of nasal septum close to the VOMER and NASAL BONES. It forwards chemical signals (such as PHEROMONES) to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, thus influencing reproductive and social behavior. In humans, most of its structures except the vomeronasal duct undergo regression after birth.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019147

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