Is the nasal bone actually a bone, or is it cartilage?

Question

I vuagely remember hearing that there is no bone in your nose and that it's actually cartilage. Is there a bone in your nose?

Answer 1

Very fragile bone, mostly cartilage...

Answer 2

yes there is a bone in your nose. It does not start at the tip like you would think, but about half way between the tip and the dent between your eyes. If you feel along the sides of your nose, you should be able to feel where the cartilage stops and where the nasal or nose bone begins. Watch a couple of plastic surgery shows when they are doing nose jobs and you will see them breaking this bone with a mallet and chisel.

Answer 3

There is a nasal bone that comes from the skull, with the larger part of the nose being cartilage

Answer 4

Yes, the nasal bones are bone ;

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Nasal bones consist of , two small flat bones
they unite with one another
This forms the bridge of the nose,

The nasal bones articulate , with the frontal bone above ,.
to form ,the middle line of the nose, the "arch "

The septum ,deviding one side of the nose from
the other
is made of bone and cartilage

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Answer 5

at the top it is a bone, in fact if you break it, it won't heal as it was, since they can't do anything on the nose. cartilage does not break. THIS IS A PROOF that it has bone. and the piece with it not hard which is at the end of the nose is cartilage, and can never be broken!.

Answer 6

Your nose, ears and various body parts such as parts of your joints are made from cartilage. Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue. The problem with this tissue is that is is very little blood flow to that tissue, so healing and growth are difficult to accomplish. Knee, spinal and various other sorts of repairs can be a real problem in regards to this blood flow issue.

There IS bone around the cartilage as support structure, but there is no actual bone in the majority of the bridge of the nose.

Here is more complete discussion here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage

Answer 7

The part of your nose closest to your face, including the "bridge" of your nose where your glasses sit is bone. If someone gets a "broken nose" this is the part that gets broken.

The rest of your nose is cartilage.

If you take hold of the lower part of your nose (as if you are pinching your nostrils shut) and push your nose gently but firmly from side to side, you will feel the cartilage bending and flexing. Slide your fingers slowly further up your nose as you do this and you will be able to feel where the flexible cartilage meets the solid bone.

Answer 8

The nasal bones are at the middle and upper part of the face, and form “the bridge” of the nose where they meet. The septal cartilage is nearer the end.

Answer 9

look at a picture of the skeletal system and you can see where the bone in your nose ends and the cartilage begins. the very very top is bone but the rest is cartilage.

Answer 10

actually it's part bone, part cartilage, if you feel your nose starting at the ridge between your eyes, you'll notice it's not very flexible at all. if you keep working your way down, you;ll notice it's hard (bone) but then at the top 3rd of your nose it starts feeling flexible. Once you get the flexible point you've hit cartilage.

Answer 11

Cartilage!