Restorative Arts-Nose Flashcards
(28 cards)
The nose is made up of
cartilage and dense connective tissue
The cartilage that runs the medial length of the nose
Septal Cartilage
Can be deviated or broken
Septal Cartilage
Makes up the sides of the nose
Upper lateral cartilage
Makes up the nasal ala (wings)
Alar cartilages
The largest portion of the ala
Major alar cartilage
The posterior to the major alar cartilage and makes up a smaller amount
Minor alar cartilage
Long and narrow
Leptorrhine
Moderate in length and width
Mesorrhine
Broad and flat
Platyrrhine
The dorsum is a straight line
Straight
The dorsum has an outward projection or bump.
Convex
The dorsum dips towards Infantine of the face in profile
Concave
The use of ____ will help give you the correct nasal type
Nasal index
The surface manifestation of connection of the frontal bone and the two nasal bones and creates a depression or concavity
Nasion
Inferior to the nasion of the nose and the beginning of the structure
Root
The anterior ridge of the nose extends from the root all the way down to the protruding lobe that also includes the bridge
Dorsum
Extends laterally from the dorsum
Sides of the nose
The superior portion of the dorsum extends laterally over the bony portion of the nose
Nasal bridge
The most anterior projection of the nose
Tip
The tips make up _____ the total width of the nose
1/2
Cartilaginous lateral projections creating a rounded eminence around the nostrils
Nasal ala (wings)
Each nasal ala (wings) makes up ____ the total width
1/4
The spaces directly posterior to the nasal ala and is the deepest portion of the nose
Nasal sulci
