Vomer

Question 1

What is the vomer

Answer 1

The long pointed bone

Question 2

Where are the alae or wings

Answer 2

These are located on either side of the midline on the superior surface, this is the thickest part of the bone

Question 3

Where is the perpendicular plate

Answer 3

This is a thin vertical sheet of bone on the midline below the wings

Question 4

Where is the posterior border

Answer 4

This is on the posterior of the perpendicular plate and divides the posterior nasal aperture into two halves

Question 5

Where are the nasopalatine grooves

Answer 5

These are marks on both sides of the perpendicular plate, they run anteroinferiorly from the alae

Question 6

How does the vomer articulate

Answer 6

Superiorly with the ethmoid, Inferiorly with palentine, posteriorly with the sphenoid