Vomeronasal cartilage

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Vomeronasal cartilage

Frontal section of nasal cavities of a human embryo 28 mm. long. (Vomeronasal cartilage labeled at bottom left.)
Latin	cartilago vomeronasalis
Gray's	subject #223 996

The vomeronasal cartilage (or Jacobson's cartilage) is a narrow strip of cartilage, low on the medial wall of the nasal cavity. It lies between the cartilaginous nasal septum and the vomer. The cartilage lies below, but is not connected to, the rudimentary vomeronasal organ of Jacobson.

Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), a Danish anatomist, named this structure in 1809.

External links

vomeronasal+cartilage at eMedicine Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/jacobson's+cartilage

Head and neck, upper RT: Nose (TA A06.1, TH H3.05.01, GA 10.992)

External nose

Nasal cavity

Openings	Nasal vestibule Nostril Posterior nasal apertures

Lateral wall	Nasal conchae/meatus: Superior nasal concha Middle nasal concha Inferior nasal concha Superior nasal meatus Middle nasal meatus Inferior nasal meatus Sphenoethmoidal recess Ethmoid bulla Agger nasi Ethmoidal infundibulum Semilunar hiatus Maxillary hiatus

Medial wall	Nasal septum Vomeronasal organ

Mucous membrane	Olfactory mucosa

Paranasal sinuses

Naso-pharynx

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