Major alar cartilage
Major alar cartilage | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | cartilago alaris major |
TA98 | A06.1.01.007 |
TA2 | 940 |
FMA | 59504 |
Anatomical terminology |
The major alar cartilage (greater alar cartilage) (lower lateral cartilage) is a thin, flexible plate, situated immediately below the lateral nasal cartilage, and bent upon itself in such a manner as to form the medial wall and lateral wall of the nostril of its own side.
The portion which forms the medial wall (crus mediale) is loosely connected with the corresponding portion of the opposite cartilage, the two forming, together with the thickened integument and subjacent tissue, the nasal septum.
The part which forms the lateral wall (crus laterale) is curved to correspond with the
Above, it is connected by fibrous tissue to the lateral cartilage and front part of the
In front, the greater alar cartilages are separated by a notch which corresponds with the apex of the nose.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 993 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)