0 a thin, flat bone that forms the nasal septum (= the part of the nose that separates the nostrils) --
Another disadvantage of the use of the vomer flap in the oral cavity is that the vomer tissue does not aesthetically match the oral mucosa.
A vomer flap is a type of palatoplasty surgery that uses the mucoperiosteal tissue of the vomer to cover a unilateral or bilateral cleft palate.
Teeth on the vomer bones form a second parallel row on the palate that is not as extensive as the marginal tooth row.
Its posterior margin is connected with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid; its inferior margin with the vomer and the palatine processes of the maxillae.
All other extant birds have a narrow forked vomer that does not connect with other bones and is then termed as neognathous.
The maxillae (upper jaws) are densely set with sharply pointed, somewhat recurved teeth, some of them also occurring on the vomer.
The human palatine articulates with six bones: the sphenoid, ethmoid, maxilla, inferior nasal concha, vomer and opposite palatine.
Also, many percid fishes have a heart-shaped plate of teeth on the roof of the mouth (vomer).
