Bony nasal septum

Septum nasi osseum

Definition

The bony nasal septum is the bony part of the wall that divides the nasal cavity. It is made the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone.

On the living animal, it is completed by a acrtilaginous median plate that comes forward above the body of the incisive bones.

References

Anatomie comparée des mammifère domestiques - 5th edition - Robert Barone - Vigot

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