Septal nasal cartilage

Septal nasal cartilage
Bones and cartilages of septum of nose. Right side (cartilage of the septum visible as blue structure at right)
Cartilages of the nose, seen from below (cartilage of septum visible in blue at bottom center)
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Identifiers
Latin	Cartilago septi nasi
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_12/12217211
TA	A06.1.01.013
FMA	59503
Anatomical terminology []

The septal nasal cartilage, (cartilage of the septum or quadrangular cartilage) is composed of hyaline cartilage. It is somewhat quadrilateral in form, thicker at its margins than at its center, and completes the separation between the nasal cavities in front.

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 greater 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.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)