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The bony ridge that lets your glasses exist and your profile have an opinion.
means The upper, bony part of your nose where it meets the forehead, forming the ridge that your eyeglasses rest on.
from A plain compound, not a borrowed word: 'nasal' comes from Latin 'nasus,' meaning nose, and 'bridge' is the same word used for the structure spanning a river — because the ridge of the nose literally spans between the eyes, carrying weight across a gap, just as a bridge carries a road across water.
- made of
- bone up top, cartilage down low
- glasses rest
- here, not on your actual eyes
- evolution theory
- may help regulate inhaled air temperature
- breakage spot
- most commonly fractured facial bone