title: Anatomy of the nasal hump.
abstract: Histologic studies were performed on the cartilaginous nasal hump in 10 cadavers (newborn to age 80) and 10 clinical patients. In all sections, the upper two-thirds of the nasal cartilaginous hump is a fused unit between the upper lateral cartilages and the septum. This fused unit is permanently altered when the hump is removed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D002356:Cartilage / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012225:Rhinoplasty