Nasal septum
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| Nasal septum | |
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| Bones and cartilages of septum of nose. Right side. | |
| Latin | septum nasi |
| Gray's | subject #223 993 |
| Artery | anterior ethmoidal posterior ethmoidal sphenopalatine greater palatine branch of superior labial [1] |
| Nerve | anterior ethmoidal nasopalatine [1] |
| MeSH | Nasal+septum |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_08/12730490 |
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.
