Abstract
The nose projects from the face as an irregular three sided pyramid. It consists of a framework of bone and cartilage covered by muscles, subcutaneous tissue, and skin. Externally we distinguish (a) the dorsum or bridge and (b) the side walls (composed of the nasal bones and the upper lateral cartilages), which form the upper immobile part of the nose, and (c) the tip, the alae, and columella (compossed of the lower lateral cartilages and the sesamoid cartilages), which form the lower mobile part of the nose.
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Meyer, R., Berset, JC., Emeri, JF., Simmen, D. (2002). Anatomy. In: Secondary Rhinoplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56267-9_5
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