Septal nasal cartilage
Hyaline cartilage in the nose / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The septal nasal cartilage (cartilage of the septum or quadrangular cartilage) is composed of hyaline cartilage.[1] It is somewhat quadrilateral in form, thicker at its margins than at its center, and completes the separation between the nasal cavities in front.
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Latin | cartilago septi nasi |
TA98 | A06.1.01.013 |
TA2 | 946 |
FMA | 59503 |
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Its anterior margin, thickest above, is connected with the nasal bones, and is continuous with the anterior margins of 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.