| Vomer | |
|---|---|
 Vomer labeled at left. | |
 Bones and cartilages of septum of nose. Right side. (Vomer visible at bottom left.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vomer |
| MeSH | D055172 |
| TA98 | A02.1.11.001 |
| TA2 | 751 |
| FMA | 9710 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
The vomer (/ˈvoʊmər/;[1][2] Latin: vomer, lit. 'ploughshare') is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and the left and right maxillary bones. The vomer forms the inferior part of the nasal septum in humans, with the superior part formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone.[3] The name is derived from the Latin word for a ploughshare and the shape of the bone.
- ^ OED 2nd edition, 1989.
- ^ Entry "vomer" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
- ^ Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, Fehrenbach and Herring, Elsevier, 2012, page 52