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Right half of the nose, with nasal septum, the mouth with tongue, pharynx with the epiglottis closing the larynx.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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Right half of the nose

a) Frontal bone, frontal sinus.
b) Nasal bone.
c) Sphenoidal sinus.
d) Lamina Cribrosa of ethmoid bone.
e) Maxillary bone.
f) Incisive canal.
g) Hard palate.
h) Soft palate (s. velum palatinum).
i) Tongue.
k) Mandible.
l) m. Genioglossus.
m) Nasal septum.
n) Nasal opening.
o) Pharynx.
p) Tonsil.
q) Pharyngeopalatine arch.
r) Epiglottis.
s) Frenulum epiglottidis (s. Middle glossoepiglotticum ligament).
t) Posterior wall of larynx.
u) Esophagus.
v) Trachea.
w) Olfactory nerve.
x) Ethmoidal nerve (s. nasalis anterior nerve).
y) Nasopalatine nerve (Scarpa’s nerve).
z) Incisive canal and nerve.

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