Primitive palate

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Primitive palate
Primitive palate of a human embryo of thirty-seven to thirty-eight days.
Gray's	subject #13 70
Precursor	intermaxillary segment
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_02/12607345

By the fusion of the maxillary and nasal processes in the roof of the stomodeum the primitive palate (or primary palate^[1]) is formed, and the olfactory pits extend backward above it.

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1. ^ hednk-041 — Embryology at UNC

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Primary palate gives rise to the pre-maxilla. (gladwell et al.)

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