The clinical significance of the human vomeronasal organ

OBJECTIVE: To find out whether the vomeronasal organ (VNO) can be identified in the nose as a mucosal pit in the anterior nasal septum, to elucidate its function in man and to determine whether it is important to preserve the VNO during septal surgery. METHODS: Literature review. RESULTS AND CONCLUS...

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Autores principales: Bruintjes, Tjasse D., Bleys, Ronald L. A. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36759365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-023-03101-2
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description OBJECTIVE: To find out whether the vomeronasal organ (VNO) can be identified in the nose as a mucosal pit in the anterior nasal septum, to elucidate its function in man and to determine whether it is important to preserve the VNO during septal surgery. METHODS: Literature review. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The VNO is histologically present in almost all humans, but a macroscopically visible septal pit does not necessarily correspond with the actual VNO. The human VNO is probably a vestigial organ with a non-operational sensory function. It is not necessary to take particular care not to damage the VNO during septal surgery.
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spelling pubmed-100398322023-03-27 The clinical significance of the human vomeronasal organ Bruintjes, Tjasse D. Bleys, Ronald L. A. W. Surg Radiol Anat Original Article OBJECTIVE: To find out whether the vomeronasal organ (VNO) can be identified in the nose as a mucosal pit in the anterior nasal septum, to elucidate its function in man and to determine whether it is important to preserve the VNO during septal surgery. METHODS: Literature review. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The VNO is histologically present in almost all humans, but a macroscopically visible septal pit does not necessarily correspond with the actual VNO. The human VNO is probably a vestigial organ with a non-operational sensory function. It is not necessary to take particular care not to damage the VNO during septal surgery. Springer Paris 2023-02-09 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10039832/ /pubmed/36759365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-023-03101-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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