Preferred Label : major alar cartilage;
Uberon definition : The greater alar cartilage (lower lateral cartilage) is a thin, flexible plate, situated
immediately below the preceding, and bent upon itself in such a manner as to form
the medial wall and lateral wall of the naris of its own side. The portion which forms
the medial wall (crus mediale) is loosely connected with the corresponding portion
of the opposite cartilage, the two forming, together with the thickened integument
and subjacent tissue, the septum mobile nasi. The part which forms the lateral wall
(crus laterale) is curved to correspond with the ala of the nose; it is oval and flattened,
narrow behind, where it is connected with the frontal process of the maxilla by a
tough fibrous membrane, in which are found three or four small cartilaginous plates,
the lesser alar cartilages (cartilagines alares minores; sesamoid cartilages). Above,
it is connected by fibrous tissue to the lateral cartilage and front part of the cartilage
of the septum; below, it falls short of the margin of the naris, the ala being completed
by fatty and fibrous tissue covered by skin. In front, the greater alar cartilages
are separated by a notch which corresponds with the apex of the nose.;
Uberon synonym : greater alar cartilage; cartilago alaris major;
Origin ID : 0007818;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
The greater alar cartilage (lower lateral cartilage) is a thin, flexible plate, situated
immediately below the preceding, and bent upon itself in such a manner as to form
the medial wall and lateral wall of the naris of its own side. The portion which forms
the medial wall (crus mediale) is loosely connected with the corresponding portion
of the opposite cartilage, the two forming, together with the thickened integument
and subjacent tissue, the septum mobile nasi. The part which forms the lateral wall
(crus laterale) is curved to correspond with the ala of the nose; it is oval and flattened,
narrow behind, where it is connected with the frontal process of the maxilla by a
tough fibrous membrane, in which are found three or four small cartilaginous plates,
the lesser alar cartilages (cartilagines alares minores; sesamoid cartilages). Above,
it is connected by fibrous tissue to the lateral cartilage and front part of the cartilage
of the septum; below, it falls short of the margin of the naris, the ala being completed
by fatty and fibrous tissue covered by skin. In front, the greater alar cartilages
are separated by a notch which corresponds with the apex of the nose.
