Drawings of selected computerized tomographic (CT) images of the face of Alces alces (OUVC 9559) showing narial structures in successive transverse sections (a)–(h). Soft tissues that are more lightly shaded are less dense (e.g. fat). (i) Skull in left lateral view showing rostrocaudal levels of sections depicted in (a)–(h). Scale bars =5 cm.
Abbreviations: bo, bulbus oculi; ci, canalis infraorbitalis; ca, cartilage of the alar fold; cnla, cartilago nasi lateralis accessoria; cnld, cartilago nasi lateralis dorsalis; cnv, concha nasalis ventralis; csn, cartilago septi nasi; dei, dentes incisives; fnm, fissura nasomaxillaris; l, lingual; lec, lateral expansion of cnld; mms, musculus masseter; mnc, meatus nasi communis; mnd, meatus nasi dorsalis; mnm, meatus nasi medius; mnv, meatus nasi ventralis; n, naris; ni, nervus infraorbitalis; oee, os ethmoidale, ethmoturbinate; oen, os ethmoidale, nasoturbinate; ommi, os maxillare, margo interalveolaris; od, os dentale (mandibula); ocnv, os conchae nasalis ventralis (maxilloturbinate); on, os nasale; oppn, os premaxillare, processus nasalis; pa, plica alaris; pa', nostril connective tissue pad; pr, plica recta; pvl, processus ventrolateralis of cnld; ra, recessus naris alaris; rnc, recessus naris caudalis; rnr, recessus naris rostralis; sm, sinus maxillaris; vno, organum vomeronasale.