Title and Copyright:
Septum, ©2004.

Media:
Pen and ink illustration finished in Adobe Photoshop.

Collaborator:
Robert Kern, MD. Department of Otolaryngology– Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University; Chicago, Illinois.

Description:
Components of the nasal septum: 1. quadrangular cartilage, 2. nasal bone, 3. perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone, 4. vomer, 5. nasal crest of palatine bone, 6. nasal crest of maxilla, 7. membranous septum.

Published as:
Walsh WE, Kern RC. Sinonasal anatomy, function and evaluation. In: Bailey BJ, Johnson JT, eds. Head & Neck Surgery– Otolaryngology, 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (in press).