The external nose extends the nasal cavities onto the front of the face and positions the nares so that they point downward (Fig. 8.234). It is pyramidal in shape with its apex anterior in position. The upper angle of the nose between the openings of the orbits is continuous with the forehead.
Like posterior regions, the anterior parts of the nasal cavities found within the nose are held open by a skeletal framework, which is composed partly of bone and mainly of cartilage: