nasal bone in dogs

One of two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, 'the bridge' of the nose[WP]. Paired dermal bones, likened to a bone tube, positioned lateral to the supraethmoid. Nasal bones are transversed by the anterior most part of the supraorbital canals and bear one neuromast foramen in zebrafish[ZFA]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the nasal bone is

One of two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, 'the bridge' of the nose[WP]. Paired dermal bones, likened to a bone tube, positioned lateral to the supraethmoid. Nasal bones are transversed by the anterior most part of the supraorbital canals and bear one neuromast foramen in zebrafish[ZFA]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the nasal bone is

It sits in the head, within the skeletal and sensory systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the nasal bone connects to

The atlas records 13 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, anatomical structure and anatomical system, and 4 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the nasal bone. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as nasal bones, nasals and os nasale. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001681, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, anatomical structure, anatomical system, facial skeleton, nose and skeletal system, and 1 more.
• A kind of: anatomical structure, bone element, facial bone and skeletal element.
• contributes to morphology of: facial skeleton.
• connects: frontonasal suture.

Questions

Where is the nasal bone?

It sits in the head, within the skeletal and sensory systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the nasal bone connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, anatomical structure, anatomical system, facial skeleton, nose and skeletal system, and 1 more.

Is the nasal bone the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.