Basic Sciences

257) Which of the following nasal muscles is the one that can DEPRESS THE NASAL TIP caudally and “round up” the supratip area?

A. Dilator naris anterior
B. Depressor septi nasi
C. Transverse nasalis
D. Levator labii-superioris alae nasi
E. Procerus and Corrugator (synergistically)




REFERENCES & ANSWER



Tardy, Jr, M.E, Alex J., Hendrick D., Dayan S.: Surgical Anatomy of the Nose, Chapter 173, Head and Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology (Bailey), Third Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001, pp.2216-2217

Kim D, W., Mau T.: Surgical Anatomy of the Nose, Chapter 170, Head and Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology (Bailey), 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, pp.2511-2532




257) B       Depressor septi nasi