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relatively far back. This will tend both to increase 

 the prominence of the nose as a whole and to give 

 a downward inclination to the tip. In the typical 

 Dinaric or Hittite nose (Fig. 89C) the resultants of 

 all the horizontal, forward components and of all 

 the downward components are very conspicuous. 



If the transverse growth components of the palate 

 are relatively weak, the bony palate may buckle up 

 and the median septum may either bend on one side, 

 producing a partial closure of the nasal passage, or 

 possibly it may be displaced upward, producing a 

 high-ridged or humped nose. If the bridge and the 

 lower end of the nose as well as the median partition 

 are all retarded in their growth, as in achondroplastic 

 dwarfs, a marked repousse or pug nose, with almost 

 upturned tip, will result (see below, page 230) . In 

 the orang the median partition itself seems to lag 

 in growth, while the orbits are crowded together 

 and the nasal bones are extremely reduced. 



The transverse components of growth are 

 obviously in the ascendant in extremely wide 

 noses with broad nostrils and low bridges, as in 

 Australian and Tasmanian aborigines, Papuans, 

 Melanesians, negritos and negros. Such condi- 

 tions are apt to be associated with prognathous 



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