Accessory nasal cartilages

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Accessory nasal cartilages
Cartilages of the nose. Side view.
Cartilages of the nose, seen from below.
Latin	cartilagines nasales accessoriae
Dorlands/Elsevier	c_12/12217197

The accessory nasal cartilages are small cartilages of the nose connecting the greater alar cartilage and lateral nasal cartilage.

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