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VOMER [3 records]

Record 1 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Fish
OBS

The name of the paired bones previously called vomers in lower tetrapods was changed to prevomers ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Poissons
OBS

Chez les poissons osseux, le complexe palatin fondamental est constitué de quatre os pairs, d'origine membraneuse qui, en fait, ont recouvert et remplacé largement le cartilage palato-carré. [L'un d'eux est] le prévomer [...], en avant du ptérygoïde [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Peces
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Record 2 2000-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A long, flat bone that joins with the ethmoid bone to create the nasal septum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Le vomer situé sur un plan longitudinal divise la cavité nasale en deux.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The bone which forms the lower and posterior portion of the septum of the nose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Os qui forme les parties inférieure et postérieure de la cloison nasale.

Spanish

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