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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Vomer
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Vomer
Respiratory System > Nose > Nasal Septum > Vomer
Sense Organs > Nose > Nasal Septum > Vomer
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Nasal Septum > Vomer

Preferred term

Vomer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • fractures: coordinate VOMER / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate VOMER (IM) + SKULL NEOPLASMS

Scope note

  • An unpaired thin ploughshare-shaped facial bone. It is situated in the median plane of the SKULL. The vomer forms the posterior and inferior border of the NASAL SEPTUM.

History note

  • 2009; use NASAL SEPTUM 1975-2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055172

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