Definition: 'Columella Nasi'
columella nasi
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. the nasal skin investing the medial crura of the lower lateral cartilages and separating the nostrils; connects cephalically to the membranous septum, which invests the caudal end of the septal cartilage.
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