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From: Crossing fibers may underlie the dynamic pulling forces of muscles that attach to cartilage at the tip of the nose

Figure 3

Micro-CT images of the crossing fibers of the DSN (arrowheads) in the plane parallel to the nostrils. (A and B) Some crossing fibers of the left DSN appeared to attach to the fMC on the right side. (C and D) Some crossing fibers of the right DSN appeared to attach to the fMC on the left side. Serial images of the crossing fibers of the DSN in the plane parallel to the nostrils are presented in the supplementary videos. (E) Crossing fibers of both the DSNs appeared to attach to the fMCs on the contralateral sides. (F) At deeper sites, some crossing fibers of the left DSN appeared to attach to the fMC on the right side. Serial images of the crossing fibers of the DSN are presented in Supplementary Videos S2–S4.

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