Learning the anatomy of the nose can help you better understand how the nose works. This supports the bridge of the nose. The upper cartilage supports the side of the nose. The lower cartilage adds support, width, and height. It helps shape the nostrils and the tip of the nose. This is a thin wall made of cartilage and bone. It divides the inside of the nose into 2 parts.
Mucous membrane. This is thin tissue that lines the nose, sinuses, and throat. It warms and moistens the air you breathe in. It also makes the sticky mucus that helps clean the air of dust and other small particles. These are curved, bony ridges on each side of the nose. They are lined with mucous membrane. Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization and proceeds from Web advertising help support our mission. Mayo Clinic does not endorse any of the third party products and services advertised.
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See more conditions. Locations of the nasal bone and cartilage. Products and services. Your nose is supported by bone at the back and bridge and by cartilage in the front. For example, the Van Giesen stain stains elastic fibres black. In elastic cartilage, the chondrocytes are found in a threadlike network of elastic fibres within the matrix.
Elastic cartilage provides strength, and elasticity, and maintains the shape of certain structure such as the external ear. It has a perichondrium. Cartilage: The three types of cartilage There are three types of cartilage: Hyaline - most common, found in the ribs, nose, larynx, trachea. Is a precursor of bone. Fibro - is found in invertebral discs, joint capsules, ligaments. Elastic - is found in the external ear, epiglottis and larynx.
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