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vomeronasal organ — n either of a pair of small blind pouches or tubes in many vertebrates that are situated one on either side of the nasal septum or in the buccal cavity and that are reduced to rudimentary pits in adult humans but are developed in reptiles,… … Medical dictionary
Vomeronasal organ — Infobox Anatomy Name = Vomeronasal organ Latin = organum vomeronasale GraySubject = 223 GrayPage = 996 Caption = Frontal section of nasal cavities of a human embryo 28 mm. long (Vomeronasal organ of Jacobson labeled at right) Caption2 = Precursor … Wikipedia
vomeronasal organ — organ of Jacobson … The new mediacal dictionary
vomeronasal organ — /voʊməroʊneɪzəl ˈɔgən/ (say vohmuhrohnayzuhl awguhn) noun an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals but regressive in humans; able to detect pheromones and thus important in social behaviour. {vomer + o + UNKNOWN REF… …
vomeronasal organ — noun : jacobson s organ … Useful english dictionary
vomeronasal nerve — n a nerve that exists in the human fetus but disappears before birth, that originates in the olfactory epithelial cells of the vomeronasal organ, and that passes through the submucous tissue of the nasal septum and the cribriform plate of the… … Medical dictionary
organ of Jacobson — n VOMERONASAL ORGAN L. L. Jacobson see JACOBSON S CARTILAGE … Medical dictionary
organ of Jacobson — vomeronasal organ a small blind sac in the wall of the nasal cavity. In humans it never develops properly and has no function, but in lower animals (e.g. snakes) it is one of the major organs of olfaction. [L. L. Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish… … The new mediacal dictionary
Vomeronasal cartilage — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = cartilago vomeronasalis GraySubject = 223 GrayPage = 996 Caption = Frontal section of nasal cavities of a human embryo 28 mm. long. (Vomeronasal cartilage labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = System =… … Wikipedia
vomeronasal — Relating to the vomer and the nasal bone. * * * vom·ero·na·sal .väm ə rō nā zəl, .vōm adj of or relating to the vomer and the nasal region and esp. to the vomeronasal organ or the vomeronasal cartilage * * * vo·mero·na·sal (vo″mər o… … Medical dictionary
