Septal nasal cartilage
Septal nasal cartilage | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | cartilago septi nasi |
TA98 | A06.1.01.013 |
TA2 | 946 |
FMA | 59503 |
Anatomical terminology |
The septal nasal cartilage (cartilage of the septum or quadrangular cartilage) is composed of
nasal cavities
in front.
Its anterior margin, thickest above, is connected with the
lateral cartilages; below, it is connected to the medial crura of the major alar cartilages
by fibrous tissue.
Its posterior margin is connected with the perpendicular plate of the
ethmoid; its inferior margin with the vomer and the palatine processes of the maxillae
.
References
- OCLC 1027903304.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 992 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Anatomy figure: 33:02-01 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Diagram of the skeleton of medial (septal) nasal wall."
- Atlas image: rsa1p7 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Nasal septum, lateral view"
- lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (nasalseptumbonescarti)