Growth in height of autotransplanted nasal septum in the rat Its correlation to increase in height of the upper face

Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken in an attempt to elucidate the role of the cartilagenous nasal septum in facial growth. The increase in height of autotransplanted nasal septum was compared to the normal increase in anterior and posterior facial heights in rats. A similarity was found both in the general pattern of growth and in the dimensional increase. This tends to agree with the theory that the cartilagenous nasal septum has its own growth potential.