Cosmetic

363) Which of the following nasal anatomical terms is INCORRECT?

A. Nasion –- depression at root of nose overlying the nasofrontal suture
B. Rhinion –- junction of nasal bones and upper lateral cartilages
C. Tip defining point –- most anterior projection of nasal tip
D. Anterior septal angle –- most inferior and caudal point of cartilaginous septum
E. Pogonion –- most prominent anterior projection of the chin




REFERENCES & ANSWER

Papel I.D., Mabrie D.C.: Deprojecting the Nasal Profile,Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty, Part I, (Park S.S., Holt G. R., editor), Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, Vol. 32 No. 1, Feb. 1999, p. 66



363) D      Anterior septal angle –- most inferior and caudal point of cartilaginous septum