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vomerine canal(medicine)
vomerine cartilage(medicine)
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vomerine canal (medicine) and asteroid (sh)


vomerine canal (medicine)


vomerine canal -->
vomerovaginal canal


An opening between the vaginal process of the sphenoid and the ala of the vomer on either side. It conveys a branch of the sphenopalatine artery.

Synonym: canalis vomerovaginalis, basipharyngeal canal, vomerine canal.


asteroid (sh)




Any of the many small rocky objects found mainly in a flat ring, or belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

It is thought that the gravitational influence of what became Jupiter kept the asteroids from aggregating into a single planet while the solar system was forming. Also called minor planets, asteroids are smaller than any of the nine major planets; only about 30 are more than 125 mi (200 km) across. Ceres is the largest known asteroid. Millions of boulder-sized asteroidal fragments are thought to exist in the solar system. Asteroids or their fragments regularly strike Earth, plunging through the atmosphere as meteors to reach its surface (see meteorite). Asteroids appear to be composed of carbonaceous, stony, and metallic (mainly iron) materials. See also Earth-crossing asteroid; Trojan asteroids.