Anatomy of the nasal hump.
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.
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