Posterior process of nasal septal cartilage
Processus posterior cartilaginis septi nasi
- Latin synonym: Processus sphenoidalis; Processus sphenoideus
- Synonym: Posterior process of septal nasal cartilage
- Related terms: Posterior process; Sphenoid process; Posterior process; Sphenoid process (Septal nasal cartilage)
Definition
The septal nasal cartilage may be prolonged backward (especially in children) as a narrow process, the sphenoidal process, for some distance between the vomer and perpendicular plate of the ethmoid.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
