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What is the nasal complex composed of ?
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Bones and cartilage that enclose the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
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What forms the roof or superior border of the nasal complex?
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Nasal bones, both cribriform plates of the ethmoid, and parts of teh frontal and sphenoid bones.
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What forms the floor of the nasal complex and what is it also called?
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Inferior border; formed by the palatine processes of the maxillae and the horizontal plates of teh palatine bones.
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What forms the lateral walls of teh nasal complex?
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Ethmoid bone, maxillae, inferior nasal conchae, palatine bones, and lacrimal bones.
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What forms the nasal septum?
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Anteriorly by septal nasal cartilage, superiorly by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, and inferiorly by the vomer bone
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What do the nasal bones, both the cribriform plates of the ethmoid, and parts of the frontal and sphenoid bones from?
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The roof or the superior portion of the nasal complex
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What do the palatine processes of teh maxillae and the horizontal plates of the palatine bones from?
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The floor or inferior portion of the nasal complex
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What portion of the nasal complex do the ethmoid bone, maxillae, and inferior nasal conchae, palatine bones, and lacrimal bones form?
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The lateral walls of the nasal complex
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What is formed anteriorly by septal nasal cartilage, superiorly by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, and inferiorly by the vomer bone?
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The nasal septum
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