See Also: bony nasal septum(medicine)
bony part of nasal septum(medicine)
septum, nasal(medicine)
nasal septum(medicine)
cartilage of nasal septum(medicine)
absent nasal septum(medicine)
Deviation of the nasal septum(health)
mobile part of nasal septum(medicine)
membranous part of nasal septum(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

bony nasal septum (medicine)


bony nasal septum


The bones supporting the bony part of the nasal septum; these are the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, the vomer, the sphenoidal rostrum, the crest of the nasal bones, the frontal spine, and the median crest formed by the apposition of the maxillary and palatine bones.

Synonym: septum nasi osseum.