What is Major alar cartilage?
{{Infobox anatomy | Name = Major alar cartilage | Latin = cartilago alaris major | Image = [[File:Gray852.png|140px]] | Caption = Side view of nose cartilages. (The major alar cartilage is blue in the middle right) | Image2 = [[File:Gray853.png|140px]] | Caption2 = Nose cartilages, lookup up from below }} The '''major alar cartilage''' (also sometimes called the greater alar [[cartilage]], or lower lateral cartilage) is a thin, bendable piece of the [[nose]]. It helps make the upper part of the [[nostril]] shape. It bends at the tip of the nose to help connect to the inside middle part of the nose. [[Category:Nose]] {{med-stub}}