Biology:Lateral nasal prominence
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| Lateral nasal prominence | |
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 Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | frontonasal prominence |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | prominentia nasalis lateralis |
| Anatomical terminology | |
By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the nasal pits, which indent the frontonasal prominence and divide it into a medial nasal prominence and a lateral nasal prominence.[1]
Clinical significance
Failure to fuse can cause a cleft lip.
Additional images
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Under surface of the head of a human embryo about twenty-nine days old. -
Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days. -
Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.
References
- ↑ hednk-032—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
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