Anatom3DRoot of nose
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Skeleton
Looks like
The top of the nose, where it meets the forehead between the eyes; the bony dip here is the nasion.
What it does
Joins the nose to the forehead; the nasion is a standard landmark for measuring the face and skull.
Keeping it well
Mainly a landmark. A blow here can break the nasal and ethmoid bones together (naso-orbito-ethmoid fracture), which needs a CT.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Rosacea
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency