if skulls don’t have prominent nose bones, why do noses protrude so much and feel so hard?

Question

if skulls don’t have prominent nose bones, why do noses protrude so much and feel so hard?

In: Biology

Answer 1

nose “bone” is a type of material called cartilage, its basically psuedo bone or gooey bone, that’s what gives your nose structure, its the same as sharks, most shark “bone” is in fact cartilage. the human body also has it in other places like your ribcage and the ends of some joints