Where it is
The roof of the nasal cavity, on the bridge of the nose; paired.
- Layer
- Skeleton
- System
- Axial skeleton
- Region
- Head
What it is and what it does
The nasal bones, paired, form the upper part of the roof of the nasal cavity. They articulate with each other on the midline, laterally with the maxillae and caudally with the frontal bone. In the dog, in most breeds, they are long and wider in front, their rostral ends form an almost semicircular nasal notch, and their outer surface has a central groove. The front part of the dorsal nasal concha attaches to them.
Worth remembering
Their length sets the length of the muzzle: short in brachycephalic breeds, long in sighthounds.
Names
- Latin term: os nasale.
- In Romanian: Osul nazal (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
The head: what you see, what is underneath (6 min):
Switch to “Skeleton”: the nasal bone forms the roof of the nose, the maxilla carries the upper teeth, the incisive bone holds the incisors, the frontal bone hides the frontal sinus.
Questions from the atlas
"Find it on the drawing" questions whose answer is this structure; in the atlas you will find them in the question bank and in the lessons.
- Show the nasal bone on the skeleton. (level 2)