Vomer

Vomer
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