The nasal cartilages are structures within the nose that provide form and support to the nasal cavity. The nasal cartilages are made up of a flexible...

determined by the nasal bones and the nasal cartilages, including the nasal septum, which separates the nostrils and divides the nasal cavity into two....

anterior margins of the lateral cartilages; below, it is connected to the medial crura of the major alar cartilages by fibrous tissue. Its posterior...

The most anterior part of the nasal cavity is the nasal vestibule. The vestibule is enclosed by the nasal cartilages and lined by the same epithelium...

external end of the nasal septum is called the columella or columella nasi, and is made up of cartilage and soft tissue. The nasal septum contains bone...

borders of the upper lateral-cartilages, and an inward curving of the cephalic borders of the alar cartilages. The form of the nasal subunits—the dorsum, the...

lateral nasal cartilage (upper lateral cartilage, lateral process of septal nasal cartilage) is situated below the inferior margin of the nasal bone, and...

small nasal cartilages the minor alar cartilages, also referred to as lesser alar or sesamoid cartilages or accessory cartilages. Lesser alar cartilages: An...

nasal cartilages, and can "flare" the nostrils. It can be used to test the facial nerve (VII), which supplies it. The nasalis muscle covers the nasal...

lesser alar cartilages (cartilagines alares minores; sesamoid cartilages). Above, it is connected by fibrous tissue to the lateral cartilage and front part...