Wing_of_vomer

Wing of vomer

Wing of vomer

The vomer. (Ala labeled at right.)

Latin ala vomeris

Gray's subject #43 170

The wing of vomer (or ala) is an expansion of the vomer bone.

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Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa

Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)

Processes	Orbital - Sphenoidal

Body	external surface (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen) - internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) - Alveolar part of mandible

Ramus	Mylohyoid groove (Mandibular canal, Lingula) - Mandibular foramen - Angle Coronoid process - Mandibular notch - Condyloid process - Pterygoid fovea

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nose

Vomer: Wing

Wing of vomer

The vomer. (Ala labeled at right.)
Latin	ala vomeris
Gray's	subject #43 170