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The Mtiseum Gazette 



THE HUMAN NOSE. 



The human nose possesses : — 



(1) A Bridge. 



(2) A Ridge or slope. 



(3) Wings or alae. 



(4) Tip or end. 



(5) Nostrils. 



The Bridge may be narrow or broad, high or low. 



The Ridge may be straight or curved, and if curved the 

 position of its curves may vary ; there may be one or two. 

 If but one it may be convex or concave. 



The Wings may be wide or narrow, and thick in the sense 

 of fleshy, or thin and gristly. At their borders they may be 

 straight or curved. 



The Tip may be thin or thick, wide or narrow, projecting 

 and curved downwards (hooked), or not projecting and turned 

 upwards. 



Below the nose, and enclosed by it, are the Nostrils, 

 which may be wide or narrow, exposed or concealed, long or 

 short. 



The nose as a whole may be large, average, or small, well 

 placed or awry. It may be well proportioned in relation to 

 the lips, cheeks, and forehead, or not so. 



The nose is supported by certain bones of the face, and 

 these bones are the same in man and in animals, though with 

 very wide differences as to their size. Two small bones, 

 which join above with the forehead bone, are known as the 

 nasal bones, and form the bridge. In animals with long noses 

 they are very long, but in man they rarely exceed an inch. 

 These bones form only in small part the sides of the nose, 

 which are furnished by up-standing plates from the upper jaw 

 bones (superior maxillae), one on each side the principal bones 

 of the face, and to a large extent by gristle or cartilage. 



In its interior the nose is divided into two lateral chambers 



