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Nasal septum: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Nasal septum

Midline partition separating nasal cavities. Bony components include ethmoid perpendicular plate and vomer. Anterior portion includes septal cartilage.

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Nasal septum: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.

Nasal septum

Nose, orbit & palate

Nasal septum

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Midline partition separating nasal cavities.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Midline partition separating nasal cavities
  2. Bony components include ethmoid perpendicular plate and vomer
  3. Anterior portion includes septal cartilage
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (3)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Perpendicular plate
  • Vomer
  • Septal cartilage
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify nasal septum and justify your identification.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Midline partition separating nasal cavities. Bony components include ethmoid perpendicular plate and vomer. Anterior portion includes septal cartilage.

02Is the septum entirely bony?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

No. Its anterior portion includes septal cartilage.

03Where is Little's area?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

On the anterior nasal septum; it contains an arterial anastomotic area and is a frequent source of anterior epistaxis.

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