nasal cartilage

Introduction

The cartilagenous part of the nose, consists of 5 main cartilages:

• two lateral cartilages
• two alar cartilages
• septal cartilage

More general terms

• nose
• cartilage

More specific terms

• accessory nasal cartilage (sesamoid cartilage of nose)
• alar cartilage; major/greater cartilage; minor/lesser cartilage; accessory quadrate cartilage
• lateral cartilage of nose (lateral process of septal nasal cartilage)
• septal nasal cartilage (cartilage of nasal septum, nasal septal/septal/quadrangular cartilage, cartilagenous septum)
• tubal cartilage (cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube/auditory tube)
• vomeronasal cartilage (Jacobson/paraseptal/vomerine cartilage)