This picture shows a
different patient's nose, after the incisions have been made and the skin has
been elevated off of the tip and the lower part of the bridge of the nose.
The right lower lateral cartilage is colored blue, the left tip cartilage is
in pink, and in green is the cartilage that forms the part of the nose just
above the tip. It's easy to see the
cartilages clearly here because the dissection is quite clean. (Yes, we do use
the word "dissect" even though the patient is alive. The word is
not used only for dead things, like the frog you dissected in 9th grade biology
class.)
Note also that there
is almost no bleeding here. There are planes and regions in the nose where
blood vessels are plentiful, and other areas where there are no blood
vessels. A skillful surgeon can avoid the area where the blood vessels
reside, minimizing the amount of bleeding during the operation. With less
bleeding, the surgeon can see more clearly, too, and accomplish more.
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