The region or structure combining the ethmoid bone and the vomer bone, which together form part of the nasal septum in the skull.
Compound of 'ethmo-' (from Greek ethmos, sieve) and 'vomer' (from Latin vomer, a plowshare, because the vomer resembles a plow blade). These bones together create the dividing wall of the nose.
The vomer bone gets its name because it looks like a Roman plow blade—and it works with the ethmoid to form the wall that divides your two nostrils!
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