Supportive Bones and Cartilages of the Nasal Cavity
Supportive Cartilages and Bones of the Nose
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The nose functions as an air vent and is 
supported by bone, hyaline cartilage, and dense fibrous connective tissue.
- Framing the upper half of the nose are the nasal bones and the medial plates of the maxilla bones.
- The flexible lower half is framed by the lateral, greater alar, and lesser alar cartilages.
Have you been making any of these common anatomy learning mistakes?
- Partitioning the nasal cavity into left and right nasal fossae (sing. fossa) is the septal cartilage.
- Dense fibrous connective tissue supports the rounded lateral walls of the nostrils, which are called ala nasi.
3-Dimensional View of the Nasal Cartilage:
An Overview of the Supportive Cartilages and Bones of the Nose:
Test yourself while observing the cartilages and bones of the nose.
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