FIGURE 7. Base. 1: tip-defining point, 2: intermediate crus, 3: medial crus, 4: medial crural footplate, 5: caudal septum, 6: lat­eral crus, 7: naris, 8: nostril floor, 9: nostril sill, 10: alar lobule, 11: alar-facial groove or junction, 12: nasal spine.

FIGURE 8. The septum is an important structure in septorhino­plasty, its anatomy is shown here. 1: quadrangular caratilage, 2: nasal spine, 3: posterior septal angle, 4: middle septal angle, 5: anterior septal angle, 6: vomer, 7: perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone, 8: maxillary crest, maxillary component, 9: maxillary crest, palatine component.

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