Nose ailments

(Continuation)

Before we went off on that interesting track of the dog’s mega-sense of smell, we had discussed a bit of the anatomy of that structure called the nose.

Let’s recap a bit: A dog’s nose is made up of his nostrils and the nasal cavity. Certain sinuses (cavities in the bones of the skull) are connected with the nasal cavity which itself is separated into two passages by a midline partition (septum) – one for each nostril. At the back, these passages open into the throat.

Over the last two weeks we discussed how the nasal cavity is covered by a thin skin (membrane) which has a lot of blood vessels and nerves. This thin skin