title: [Morphometric analysis of nasal shapes and angles in young adults].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The size, angle, shape and type of nose are a signature indicating race, age and sex.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Describe and compare nasal angles, nose types, nostril models, and nasal profiles in young Turkish males and females.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group consisted of university students, 56 males and 59 females. Nasal measurements were obtained from all subjects, using anthropometric methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The nose types of females and males were 78% and 70% narrow nose, respectively. The means of females' nasofrontal, nasal tip, nasolabial, and alar slope angles were 133.16° ± 8.88°; 77.91° ± 9.80°; 98.91° ± 10.01°, and 80.89° ± 8.33°, respectively. The means of males' nasofrontal, nasal tip, nasolabial, and alar slope angles were 123.85° ± 13.23°; 82.16° ± 9.98°; 97.91° ± 8.78° and 85.98° ± 8.72°, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The average values of the nose in this population may be used as a guide to plan corrective esthetic-cosmetic surgery and for burn scars of the nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. Electronic address: auzun@omu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fikri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012016:Reference Values; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anthropometry; Antropometria; Female; Feminino; Male; Masculino; Nariz; Nose