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Descriptor English: Vomer
Descriptor Spanish: Vómer
Descriptor vómer
Scope note: Hueso plano e impar de la cara, con forma de reja de arado. Está situado en el plano medio del CRÁNEO. El vómer constituye el borde posterior e inferior del TABIQUE NASAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vômer
Descriptor French: Vomer
Entry term(s): Vomers
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.971
A04.531.591.469
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055172
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.
Annotation: fractures: coordinate VOMER / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate VOMER (IM) + SKULL NEOPLASMS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nasal Septum (1964-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see NASAL SEPTUM 1975-2008
History Note: 2009; use NASAL SEPTUM 1975-2008
DeCS ID: 52969
Unique ID: D055172
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Vomer - Preferred
Concept UI M0514991
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.
Preferred term Vomer
Entry term(s) Vomers



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