title: [Human and animal vomeronasal systems in health and disease].
abstract: The vomeronasal organ (VO) or the second olfactory organ has the form of paired epithelial pockets at the base of the nasal septum. In animals it has various functions including reception of pheromones mediating sexual, parental and social behavior. Human VO was considered to be rudimental until the last decade of the XXth century. Since then it was found to be present almost in every adult individual and was proved to be functional. The paper provides new facts on the occurrence of VO in man and animals, analyzes possible consequences of plastic surgery of the nose and considers some vomeronasal abnormalities, their diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Morphology, 117418, Moscow.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Gulimova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology; D019147:Vomeronasal Organ / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones