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nasal septum

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Also known as septum nasi

separator of the left and right airways in the nose

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Vinony's link graph records 475 inbound references to nasal septum, and connects out to pharynx, Latin and vomer.

It sits within the topics Nose and Otorhinolaryngology.

Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Artery
Anterior ethmoidal , posterior ethmoidal , sphenopalatine , greater palatine , branch of superior labial
Nerve
Anterior ethmoidal , nasopalatine nerves, medial posterosuperior nasal branches of pterygopalatine ganglion
Lymph
Anterior half to submandibular nodes, posterior half to retropharyngeal and deep cervical lymph nodes
Latin
septum nasi
Mesh
D009300
Ta98
A06.1.02.004

via Wikipedia infobox

Research

13,080 papers

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Wikidata facts

Part of
human nose
Has part
vomer
Image
Gray854.png
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anatomical location
nasal cavity
Commons category
Nasal septum
NCI Thesaurus ID
C33160
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Encyclopedic overview

The nasal septum (Latin: septum nasi) separates the left and right airways of the nasal cavity, dividing the two nostrils.

It is depressed by the depressor septi nasi muscle.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nasal septum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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