The nasal septum separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils. It is depressed by the depressor septi nasi muscle. ==Structure== The fleshy external end of the nasal septum is sometimes also called columella. The nasal septum contains bone and hyaline cartilage. The nasal septum is composed of five structures: ===Dev...
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(from the article `body modifications and mutilations`) For the insertion of decorative objects through the nose, perforation of the septum or of one or both of the wings, or alae (or both procedures ... The nose is the external protuberance of an internal space, the nasal cavity. It is subdivided into a left and right canal by a thin m...
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The dividing wall that runs down the middle of the nose so that there are normally two sides to the nose, each ending in a nostril. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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a plate of bone and cartilage covered with mucous membrane that divides the nasal cavity.
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The vertical (sagittal) midline partition separating the left and right nasal cavities.
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The dividing partition that separates the nostrils.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the wall dividing the nasal cavity into halves; it is composed of a central supporting skeleton covered on each side by a mucous membrane. Synonyms: septum nasi
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Nasal septum: The dividing wall within the nose. The nasal septum runs down the middle of the nose creating two sides to the nose, each containing a passageway that ends in a nare (nostril). The nasal septum is not as simple a structure as it may seem. It consists of (in technical terms) the septal cartilage, the vomer, the perpendicular plate of t...
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(sep;tum) A bony and cartilaginous partition that separates the nasal cavity into two portions.
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The nasal septum is the tissue that separates the right and left nasal cavities. It is made of cartilage at the front and bone (vomer) towards the back of the nasal cavity. Mucous membrane lines the cavities and covers the septum. Two narrow cavities, called olfactory clefts, lie on each side of the nasal septum at the very top of the nose. The olf...
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Vertical dividing wall that separates the two nasal passages or nares.
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n] - a bone and cartilage partition between the nasal cavities
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the section of the nose that divides the left and right nostrils; made of cartilage and bone and covered by a mucous membrane
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noun a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities
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