Nasal cartilages

The nasal cartilages are structures in the nose that provide form and support.[1]

Nasal cartilages
Cartilages of the nose. Side view. (Greater alar cartilage visible in blue at center right.)
Cartilages of the nose, seen from below.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	cartilagines nasi
MeSH	D055171
TA98	A06.1.01.006
TA2	3136
FMA	59502
Anatomical terminology

They include:

• Septal nasal cartilage[2]
• Lateral nasal cartilage (upper lateral cartilage)[3]
• Major alar cartilage (greater alar cartilage, or cartilage of the aperture) [4]
• Minor alar cartilage (lesser alar cartilage, sesamoid, or accessory cartilage)[5]
• Vomeronasal cartilage (Jacobson's cartilage)[6]

References

1. Nasal cartilages: Clinical Anatomy of the Nose, Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses (Thieme 1989, by Johannes Lang, pp.10-15)- Retrieved 2018-08-27
2. Cartilage of the septum:A Manual of Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ear (W.B. Saunders Company, 1918: By Edward Baldwin Gleason, pp.56-57)- Retrieved 2018-08-27
3. Lateral nasal cartilage: Thieme Atlas of Anatomy: Head and Neuroanatomy (Thieme, 2007; by Michael Schünke, Lawrence M. Ross, Erik Schulte, Edward D. Lamperti, Udo Schumacher, pp. 18)- Retrieved 2018-08-27
4. Google books: Greater alar cartilage: Morris's Human anatomy: a complete systematic treatise by English and American authors, Volume 3 (P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1907; by Sir Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich, pp.1068-1069)- Retrieved 2018-08-27
5. Accessory nasal cartilages: Dorland's/Gray's Pocket Atlas of Anatomy (Elsevier Health Sciences, May 28, 2008: By Richard Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, pp.470)- Retrieved 2018-08-27
6. Google books: Jacobson's cartilage: Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Volume 32 (Griffin, 1898, pp. 710-712) - Retrieved 2018-08-27